Heavy Snow, Lander/Eureka
- When
- May 25, 10:00 PM PST to May 26, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lander/Eureka forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Nevada, May 25 to 26, 1998
An unusually strong and cold winter-like storm system dropped locally heavy snow over the mountains of East Central and Northeast Nevada above 6000 feet. In Jarbidge, 12 inches was recorded overnight, while in Austin 10 inches fell.
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.
An unusually strong and cold winter-like storm system dropped locally heavy snow over the mountains of East Central and Northeast Nevada above 6000 feet. In Jarbidge, 12 inches was recorded overnight, while in Austin 10 inches fell.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Northern Elko
- When
- May 25, 10:00 PM PST to May 26, 8:45 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Elko 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
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- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 25, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, May 25, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 25, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 25 to 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 25, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 25, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in New Jersey, May 25, 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: 5637845, 5637846.