Heavy Snow, N Elko Cnty
- When
- January 28, 11:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM 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)
Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 28, 2004
Snow began around 0700. Wildhorse ended up with 8 inches of new snow.
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.
Snow began around 0700. Wildhorse ended up with 8 inches of new snow. The Hole-In-The-Mountain Snotel site on the northern end of the east Humboldt range reported 9 inches of new snow.
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, Ruby Mountains/E Humboldt Range
- When
- January 28, 1:00 PM PST to 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ruby Mountains/E Humboldt Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.294, -115.130 (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
- Cold in Illinois, January 28 to 29, 2004
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 28 to 31, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 28, 2004
- Cold in Nebraska, January 28, 2004
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, January 28, 2004
- Winter Storm in New York, January 28, 2004
- Cold in Iowa, January 28, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 28, 2004
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 28, 2004
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 28, 2004
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 28 to 31, 2004
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, January 28, 2004
More
Every storm in Nevada in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, January 2004
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5432491, 5432492.