Heavy Snow, White Pine
- When
- February 23, 8:00 AM PST to February 24, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- White Pine forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 23 to 24, 1998
A very strong winter storm dropped extremely heavy snow over White Pine county and heavy snow over much of the remainder of East Central Nevada. Due to the extreme snow amounts over White Pine county, most roads were closed, along with schools and many businesses.
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 very strong winter storm dropped extremely heavy snow over White Pine county and heavy snow over much of the remainder of East Central Nevada. Due to the extreme snow amounts over White Pine county, most roads were closed, along with schools and many businesses. In addition power outages were common due to the heavy and wet nature of the snow. 24 hour snowfall amounts ending at 8:00 am PST included: 18 inches at Ruth, 17 inches at Ely, 10 inches at Lund, 6 inches at both Lages Junction and Spring Creek, 5 inches at McGill, and 3 inches at Wells, Eureka and Pilot Valley.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Lander/Eureka
- When
- February 23, 8:00 AM PST to February 24, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lander/Eureka forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Southeast Elko
- When
- February 23, 8:00 AM PST to February 24, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southeast Elko forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Southwest and South Central Elko
- When
- February 23, 8:00 AM PST to February 24, 8:00 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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, February 23 to 24, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in California, February 23 to 24, 1998
- Flood in California, February 23 to 25, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, February 23 to 25, 1998
- Damaging Wind in California, February 23, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 23 to 24, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 23, 1998
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, February 23, 1998
- Winter Storm in New York, February 23 to 25, 1998
- Strong Wind and Heavy Rain in Rhode Island, February 23 to 25, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, February 23 to 24, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 23 to 24, 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: 5630260, 5630261, 5630262, 5630263.