Heavy Snow, White Pine
- When
- November 11, 8:15 AM PST
- Where
- White Pine forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 11, 1997
A winter-like storm system dropped locally heavy snow over parts of East-Central Nevada. 12 hour snowfall totals of 4 inches at Great Basin National Park Headquarters and 3 inches at Ruth were observed.
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 LKN wrote it up.
A winter-like storm system dropped locally heavy snow over parts of East-Central Nevada. 12 hour snowfall totals of 4 inches at Great Basin National Park Headquarters and 3 inches at Ruth were observed.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, White Pine
- When
- November 11, 8:15 AM PST
- Where
- White Pine forecast zone
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
- Tornado in California, November 11, 1997
- Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, November 11 to 12, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 11 to 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, November 11 to 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, November 11 to 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 11, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 11 to 12, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, November 11, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in California, November 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, November 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5625695, 5625696.