Heavy Snow, Humboldt
- When
- April 4, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 4, 1998
A winter-like storm dropped localized extremely heavy snow over parts of Humboldt County, especially in the Winnemucca area. During a six-hour period ending at 7:00 am PST, 8-12 inches of snow fell in the city of Winnemucca causing widespread power outages due to heavy, wet snow coating power lines and trees.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 dropped localized extremely heavy snow over parts of Humboldt County, especially in the Winnemucca area. During a six-hour period ending at 7:00 am PST, 8-12 inches of snow fell in the city of Winnemucca causing widespread power outages due to heavy, wet snow coating power lines and trees. In addition, travel in the city and adjacent Interstate 80 was very hazardous. In Northern Humboldt County, lighter snow amounts were reported with 5 inches at McDermitt. In East Central Nevada, the same storm system dropped much lighter snow amounts with 3 inches reported at Austin in southern Lander County while 3 inches fell at McGill and 2 inches at Ely.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Lander/Eureka
- When
- April 4, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lander/Eureka forecast zone
Heavy Snow, White Pine
- When
- April 4, 7:00 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.
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The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, April 1998
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: 5633555, 5633556, 5633557.