Heavy Snow, Northern Nye
- When
- March 6, 2:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Nye forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 6, 1998
A strong frontal system moved through central and southern Nevada producing locally heavy snow showers. In central Nevada, six inches of snow fell in the town of Tonopah and eight inches fell in Manhattan.
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
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 VEF wrote it up.
A strong frontal system moved through central and southern Nevada producing locally heavy snow showers. In central Nevada, six inches of snow fell in the town of Tonopah and eight inches fell in Manhattan. In the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada, the town of Mount Charleston received eight inches and the 8,000 foot level of Lee Canyon picked up 10 inches of snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Spring Mountains
- When
- March 6, 2:00 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Spring Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.129, -115.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 6 to 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Frost and Freeze in California, March 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in Arizona, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, March 6 to 7, 1998
More
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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: 5639424, 5639425.