Heavy Snow, Mineral/Southern Lyon
- When
- January 24, 6:00 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Mineral/Southern Lyon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -118.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 24, 1996
Alpine Meadows Ski resort reported 29-34 inches of snow in a 24 hour period. Heavenly Ski resort reported 16-26 inches of snow in a 24 hour period.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
Alpine Meadows Ski resort reported 29-34 inches of snow in a 24 hour period. Heavenly Ski resort reported 16-26 inches of snow in a 24 hour period. Mount Rose Ski resort reported 24-32 inches of new snow in a 24 hour period. 15 inches of new snow was recorded overnight in Truckee, CA. Sugar Bowl Ski area recieved 12 inches of snow in a 12 hour time. 6 inches of snow in 4 hours was recorded in Virginia City.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Greater Reno/Carson City/Minden Area
- When
- January 24, 6:00 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Greater Reno/Carson City/Minden Area forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.511, -119.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 24, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, January 24 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 24, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Flood in New York, January 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 24 to 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, January 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5545961, 5545962.