Heavy Snow, Southwest and South Central Elko
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM PST to March 9, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southwest and South Central Elko forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 8 to 9, 1999
5 inches of new snow was reported overnight at Austin and 4 inches of new snow at Spring Creek.
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.
5 inches of new snow was reported overnight at Austin and 4 inches of new snow at Spring Creek.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Lander/Eureka
- When
- March 8, 11:00 PM PST to March 9, 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lander/Eureka 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 Flood in Oklahoma, March 8, 1999
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, March 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 8 to 28, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 8 to 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, March 8 to 9, 1999
- High Wind in Oklahoma, March 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 8, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Indiana, March 8 to 9, 1999
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, March 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: 5688888, 5688889.