Heavy Snow, Humboldt
- When
- December 12, 8:00 PM PST to December 13, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.407, -118.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, December 12 to 13, 1999
A vigorous winter storm brought high winds and heavy snow to portions of northern Nevada. A mobile home in Grass Valley just south of Winnemucca had part of its roof blown off with the swamp cooler blown into the back yard about 50 feet from the house.
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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
A vigorous winter storm brought high winds and heavy snow to portions of northern Nevada. A mobile home in Grass Valley just south of Winnemucca had part of its roof blown off with the swamp cooler blown into the back yard about 50 feet from the house. In Elko a caller to a local radio station reported the wind picked up a shed and shattered it. An NWS employee had his deck furniture blown into the middle of his yard including his gas grill. Four inches of snow was reported at both McDermitt and Jarbidge.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow, 2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, N Elko Cnty
- When
- December 12, 9:00 PM PST to December 13, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- N Elko Cnty forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Humboldt
- When
- December 13, 4:30 AM PST to 4:35 AM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.407, -118.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sw & Sc Elko
- When
- December 13, 6:40 AM PST to 6:45 AM PST
- Where
- Sw & Sc Elko forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Iowa, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 12, 1999
- Cold in California, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 1999
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 12, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, December 12, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 1999
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, December 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: 5720585, 5720586, 5720583, 5720584.