Heavy Snow, Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains
- When
- February 3, 9:00 PM MST to February 4, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains forecast zone
Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 3 to 4, 1998
Heavy snow of 6 to 10 inches was reported in the mountain areas generally above 8000 feet across northern, central and south central New Mexico. Ski areas in Lincoln County measured 12 inches of fresh powder.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 ABQ wrote it up.
Heavy snow of 6 to 10 inches was reported in the mountain areas generally above 8000 feet across northern, central and south central New Mexico. Ski areas in Lincoln County measured 12 inches of fresh powder.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Sandia/Manzano Mountains
- When
- February 3, 9:00 PM MST to February 4, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sandia/Manzano Mountains forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- When
- February 3, 9:00 PM MST to February 4, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains 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
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, February 3, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 1998
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, February 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5628107, 5628108, 5628109.