Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 19 to 20, 1999

Name: Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 19 to 20, 1999
Start: 1999-01-19T20:00
End: 1999-01-20T09:30
Location: Nevada

January 19 to 20, 1999 · NWS LKN · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A winter storm dropped locally heavy snow over parts of Northern Elko County. 12 hour snowfall totals included 7 inches at both Mountain City and Jarbidge.

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.

A winter storm dropped locally heavy snow over parts of Northern Elko County. 12 hour snowfall totals included 7 inches at both Mountain City and Jarbidge.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Northern Elko

When: January 19, 8:00 PM PST to January 20, 8:00 AM PST
Where: Northern Elko forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Northern Elko

When: January 19, 9:30 PM PST to January 20, 9:30 AM PST
Where: Northern Elko forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

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

Every storm in Nevada in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, January 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: 5679991, 5679990.