Heavy Snow, Wc Clark/P X Se Nye
- When
- February 14, 11:30 AM PST to February 15, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Wc Clark/P X Se Nye forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.129, -115.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 14 to 15, 1998
A potent Pacific Storm traversed southern Nevada and deposited significant amounts of snow in the higher elevations. In Lincoln County, Pioche (5700 feet) received up to nine inches of snow in less than twelve hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 VEF wrote it up.
A potent Pacific Storm traversed southern Nevada and deposited significant amounts of snow in the higher elevations. In Lincoln County, Pioche (5700 feet) received up to nine inches of snow in less than twelve hours. The Spring Mountains of extreme southern Nevada received a total of eight inches in Kyle Canyon (7000 feet) and 14 inches in Lee Canyon (8500 feet).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Lincoln T Sc
- When
- February 14, 4:30 PM PST to February 15, 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lincoln T Sc forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.643, -114.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 Snow in Utah, February 14 to 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in California, February 14, 1998
- Flood and Damaging Winds in California, February 14 to 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 14 to 15, 1998
- Flooding in California, February 14 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in California, February 14, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 14 to 17, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 14, 1998
- Cold in Alaska, February 14 to 19, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 14 to 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 14 to 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 14, 1998
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5635093, 5635092.