Heavy Snow, Humboldt
- When
- December 3, 10:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 3 to 4, 1998
An early season winter storm dropped heavy snow over parts of Northern and East Central Nevada. 12 hour snowfall totals were as follows: 7 inches at Ruth, 5 inches at Denio, Winnemucca, Austin, Paradise Valley, Jarbidge, Contact and 4-5 inches in the Elko/Spring Creek area.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
An early season winter storm dropped heavy snow over parts of Northern and East Central Nevada. 12 hour snowfall totals were as follows: 7 inches at Ruth, 5 inches at Denio, Winnemucca, Austin, Paradise Valley, Jarbidge, Contact and 4-5 inches in the Elko/Spring Creek area.
Event by event
10 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southwest and South Central Elko
- When
- December 3, 5:00 PM PST to December 4, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southwest and South Central Elko forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow, Humboldt
- When
- December 3, 5:30 PM PST to December 4, 5:30 AM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Humboldt
- When
- December 3, 6:00 PM PST to December 4, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, White Pine
- When
- December 3, 7:00 PM PST to December 4, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- White Pine forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow, White Pine
- When
- December 3, 7:00 PM PST to December 4, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- White Pine forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow, Lander/Eureka
- When
- December 3, 7:00 PM PST to December 4, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lander/Eureka forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow, Lander/Eureka
- When
- December 3, 8:00 PM PST to December 4, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lander/Eureka forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow, Northern Elko
- When
- December 3, 8:00 PM PST to December 4, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Elko forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Northern Elko
- When
- December 3, 8:00 PM PST to December 4, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Elko forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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 Rain in Puerto Rico, December 3, 1998
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, December 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 3 to 4, 1998
- Drought in Pennsylvania, December 3 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 3 to 5, 1998
- Drought in Maryland, December 3 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 3 to 4, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, December 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, December 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 3 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 3 to 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, December 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: 5670609, 5670608, 5670610, 5670500, 5670498, 5670499, 5670501, 5670605, 5670606, 5670607.