Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 28, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 28, 1998
Start: 1998-03-28T01:00
End: 1998-03-28T19:00
Location: Nevada

March 28, 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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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.

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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 28, 1:00 AM PST to 7:00 PM PST
Where: Wc Clark/P X Se Nye forecast zone
Coordinates: 37.129, -115.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The coldest storm of the season rolled across southern Nevada producing thunderstorms and locally heavy snow. In the Spring Mountains, both Mount Charleston (7,000 feet) and Lee Canyon (8,000 feet) received a total of 12 inches of snow. The Las Vegas Valley also saw some brief snow showers but the flakes only stuck to grassy surfaces near the western foothills.

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5639430.