Heavy Snow, S Lander & S Eureka
- When
- April 18, 11:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Lander & S Eureka forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.959, -116.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 18, 2000
A weather spotter 7 miles south of Ely reported 4 inches of snow. Snotel gages reported the following: 13 inches on Ward Mountain, 9 inches at Big Creek Summit, and 8 inches at Berry Creek.
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
- 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 weather spotter 7 miles south of Ely reported 4 inches of snow. Snotel gages reported the following: 13 inches on Ward Mountain, 9 inches at Big Creek Summit, and 8 inches at Berry Creek.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, White Pine
- When
- April 18, 12:00 PM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- White Pine forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.442, -114.902 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- High Wind in Colorado, April 18, 2000
- Blizzard in South Dakota, April 18 to 19, 2000
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 18, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 18, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, April 18, 2000
- High Wind in Utah, April 18, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 18, 2000
- Wildfire and High Wind in Colorado, April 18 to 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 18 to 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in California, April 18, 2000
- Flooding in New Jersey, April 18, 2000
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 18 to 19, 2000
More
Every storm in Nevada in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, April 2000
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: 5137965, 5137964.