Heavy Snow, Washoe
- When
- November 28, 2:45 PM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Washoe County, 1 mi SW of Sun Vly
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 40.665, -119.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 28, 1996
Two cars collided in near white out conditions from a brief heavy snow shower in Sun Valley (just northeast of Reno). The occupants only suffered minor injuries.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Two cars collided in near white out conditions from a brief heavy snow shower in Sun Valley (just northeast of Reno). The occupants only suffered minor injuries.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, November 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 28, 1996
- High Wind in California, November 28 to 29, 1996
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, November 28, 1996
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, November 28, 1996
- Winter Storm in Arizona, November 28 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 28, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 28, 1996
- High Wind in Montana, November 28, 1996
- High Wind in Montana, November 28, 1996
- Winter Weather in Delaware, November 28, 1996
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, November 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: 5543936.