Nevada, 2002

Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 15, 2002

April 15, 2002 · NWS LKN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Six inches of new snow was reported at Eureka and Wells.

Where it happened

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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.

Six inches of new snow was reported at Eureka and Wells.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 15, 9:15 AM PST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 9:15 AM PST, 45 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1015 AM PDT MON APR 15 2002

ELY DOWN TO 881 AND HAVE ISSUED ANOTHER UPDATE FOR WIND ADVY ALL
ZONES. ALSO UPGRADED ZONE 33 TO WARNING AS NW GRADIENT IS VERY
IMPRESSIVE. HYDRO ALSO BECOMING MORE OF A CONCERN IN WARM AIRMASS AND
RAIN AHEAD OF FRONT. IMPRESSIVE WALLMANN

.EKO...HIGH WIND WARNING NVZ033 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
       WIND ADVISORY ALL OTHER ZONES EXCEPT NVZ034.

The radar

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, S Lander & S Eureka

When
April 15, 10:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST
Where
S Lander & S Eureka forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.959, -116.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Sw & Sc Elko

When
April 15, 10:00 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
Where
Sw & Sc 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.

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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: 5325334, 5325335.