Heavy Snow, Southwest and South Central Elko
- When
- April 5, 5:30 PM PST to April 6, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southwest and South Central Elko forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 5 to 6, 1999
Heavy snowfall was reported across much of northern and east central Nevada. Some reports include:19 inches at Jiggs, 13 inches at Wells, 12 inches at Lamoille and Diamond Valley, 11 inches at Ruby Valley, 9 inches at Spring Creek and Kingston, 6 inches at Austin, 4 inches at Elko, Eureka, Jackpot, and Oasis.
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 LKN wrote it up.
Heavy snowfall was reported across much of northern and east central Nevada. Some reports include:19 inches at Jiggs, 13 inches at Wells, 12 inches at Lamoille and Diamond Valley, 11 inches at Ruby Valley, 9 inches at Spring Creek and Kingston, 6 inches at Austin, 4 inches at Elko, Eureka, Jackpot, and Oasis.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Lander/Eureka
- When
- April 5, 5:45 PM PST to April 6, 5:30 AM PST
- Where
- Lander/Eureka forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Southeast Elko
- When
- April 5, 7:00 PM PST to April 6, 6:30 AM PST
- Where
- Southeast Elko forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 5, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 5 to 9, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 5, 1999
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 5, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 5, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 5, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, April 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, April 5, 1999
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5690115, 5690116, 5690114.