Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 11, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 11, 1998
Start: 1998-02-11T08:00
End: 1998-02-11T08:00
Location: Nevada

February 11, 1998 · NWS LKN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A winter storm dropped locally heavy snow over parts of extreme Northeast Nevada. A 12 hour snowfall total of 7 inches was reported at Wildhorse Reservoir.

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.

A winter storm dropped locally heavy snow over parts of extreme Northeast Nevada. A 12 hour snowfall total of 7 inches was reported at Wildhorse Reservoir.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Northern Elko

When: February 11, 8:00 AM PST
Where: Northern 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

Every storm in Nevada in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, February 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: 5630251.