Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12, 1998
Start: 1998-01-12T06:00
End: 1998-01-12T06:00
Location: Nevada

January 12, 1998 · NWS LKN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A strong winter storm dropped heavy snow over the Northeast Nevada mountains above 6000 feet. 12 hour snowfall totals ending at 6:00 am PST included: 14 inches at Dorsey Basin (8100'), 12 inches in Lamoille Canyon (7500'), 11 inches at Bear Creek Ranger Station (8200'), 10 inches at Upper Jack Creek (7250') and 6 inches at Wildhorse Reservoir.

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 LKN wrote it up.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Northern Elko

When: January 12, 6:00 AM PST
Where: Northern Elko forecast zone

Heavy Snow, Ruby Mountains/East Humboldt Range

When: January 12, 6:00 AM PST
Where: Ruby Mountains/East Humboldt Range 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, January 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: 5630140, 5630141.