Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12 to 13, 1997

Name: Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12 to 13, 1997
Start: 1997-01-12T18:00
End: 1997-01-13T18:00
Location: Nevada

January 12 to 13, 1997 · NWS LKN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, White Pine

When: January 12, 6:00 PM PST to January 13, 6:00 PM PST
Where: White Pine forecast zone

A strong winter storm dropped heavy snow over parts of East Central Nevada. 24 hour totals were: 12 inches at Ruth...10 miles west of Ely, and 7 inches in the city of Ely.

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

Every storm in Nevada in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, January 1997

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: 5586592.