Heavy Snow, White Pine
- When
- November 27, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- White Pine forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 27, 1997
12 hour snowfall totals ending at 07:00 am were: 11 inches at Ely airport, 10 inches at Ruth, 6 inches at Spring Creek and 5 inches at Mcgill.
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 strong winter-like storm system dropped heavy snow over parts of East-Central and Northeast Nevada.12 hour snowfall totals ending at 07:00 am were: 11 inches at Ely airport, 10 inches at Ruth, 6 inches at Spring Creek and 5 inches at Mcgill.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southwest and South Central Elko
- When
- November 27, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southwest and South Central Elko 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
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 27 to 28, 1997
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, November 27, 1997
- Strong Wind in New York, November 27, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, November 27, 1997
- Strong Wind in Vermont, November 27, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Rhode Island, November 27, 1997
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, November 27, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, November 27 to 29, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 27 to 30, 1997
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, November 27, 1997
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, November 27, 1997
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, November 27, 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: 5625697, 5625698.