Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 3 to 4, 1999

Name: Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 3 to 4, 1999
Start: 1999-04-03T18:00
End: 1999-04-04T03:00
Location: Nevada

April 3 to 4, 1999 · 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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Lincoln T Sc

When: April 3, 6:00 PM PST to April 4, 3:00 AM PST
Where: Lincoln T Sc forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.643, -114.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A significant amount of snow fell over most of Lincoln County with several locations reported between 3 and 5 inches of accumulation. However, 12 inches of snow was reported east of Panaca along Highway 319 near the Utah border. The deep snow made Highway 319 impassable for a few hours.

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 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, April 1999

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: 5696240.