Nevada, 1998

Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 13 to 14, 1998

March 13 to 14, 1998 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Wc Clark/P X Se Nye

When
March 13, 6:00 PM PST to March 14, 6:00 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)

A fast moving winter storm left significant snow in the southern Nevada mountains as it moved across the region during the night. In the Spring Mountains, Mount Charleston (7,000 feet) saw a total of nine inches of new snow and Lee Canyon (8,000 feet) received 15 inches.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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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: 5639433.