Heavy Snow, White Pine
- When
- February 15, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- White Pine forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 15, 1998
A winter storm dropped heavy snow over much of Northeast and East Central Nevada. 12 hour snowfall totals ending at 5:00 am PST included: 7 inches at Ely airport, 6 inches at Spring Creek, Lamoille, Wells and Ruth and 5 inches in the city of Eureka.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 heavy snow over much of Northeast and East Central Nevada. 12 hour snowfall totals ending at 5:00 am PST included: 7 inches at Ely airport, 6 inches at Spring Creek, Lamoille, Wells and Ruth and 5 inches in the city of Eureka.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Lander/Eureka
- When
- February 15, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lander/Eureka forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Southeast Elko
- When
- February 15, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southeast Elko forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Southwest and South Central Elko
- When
- February 15, 5:00 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
- Storm Surge in Mississippi, February 15, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 15 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Strong Wind in Georgia, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Flooding in Alabama, February 15, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Winter Weather in Wyoming, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 15, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Storm Surge in Louisiana, February 15, 1998
- Flooding in Illinois, February 15 to 26, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5630252, 5630253, 5630254, 5630255.