Heavy Snow, Southwest and South Central Elko
- When
- March 28, 9:00 AM PST to March 29, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southwest and South Central Elko forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 28 to 29, 1998
A very strong winter storm dropped heavy snow over much of Northern and East Central Nevada. 24 hour snowfall totals ending at 9:00 am PST included: 14 inches at both Eureka and Halleck, 12 inches at Wells and Emigrant Pass (20 W of Elko), 11 inches at Lamoille and Ruth, 10 inches at Austin and Cherry Creek, 8 inches at Ely, Deeth and Elko, 7 inches at Tuscarora and Jackpot, and 6 inches at both…
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 heavy snow over much of Northern and East Central Nevada. 24 hour snowfall totals ending at 9:00 am PST included: 14 inches at both Eureka and Halleck, 12 inches at Wells and Emigrant Pass (20 W of Elko), 11 inches at Lamoille and Ruth, 10 inches at Austin and Cherry Creek, 8 inches at Ely, Deeth and Elko, 7 inches at Tuscarora and Jackpot, and 6 inches at both Battle Mountain and Winnemucca.
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southeast Elko
- When
- March 28, 9:00 AM PST to March 29, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southeast Elko forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Humboldt
- When
- March 28, 9:00 AM PST to March 29, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Northern Elko
- When
- March 28, 9:00 AM PST to March 29, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Elko forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Lander/Eureka
- When
- March 28, 9:00 AM PST to March 29, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lander/Eureka forecast zone
Heavy Snow, White Pine
- When
- March 28, 9:00 AM PST to March 29, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- White Pine 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 Flood in Arizona, March 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, March 28 to 29, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, March 28, 1998
- Flood and Hail in California, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 28, 1998
- High Wind in Ohio, March 28, 1998
- High Wind in New York, March 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, March 28 to 31, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 28 to 29, 1998
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, March 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: 5630268, 5630269, 5630270, 5630271, 5630272, 5630273.