Heavy Snow, Greater Lake Tahoe Area
- When
- November 28, 7:00 AM PST to November 29, 2:00 AM PST
- Where
- Greater Lake Tahoe Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.789, -119.640 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 28 to 29, 2005
An early winter storm moved through the Sierra Nevada, depositing close to a foot of snow in the higher elevations.Storm total snowfall report:Marlette Lake SNOTEL (8000 ft.) 6 inches
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 1
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 REV wrote it up.
An early winter storm moved through the Sierra Nevada, depositing close to a foot of snow in the higher elevations.Storm total snowfall report:Marlette Lake SNOTEL (8000 ft.) 6 inches
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Blizzard in South Dakota, November 28 to 29, 2005
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 28, 2005
- High Wind in Nebraska, November 28, 2005
- Blizzard in Nebraska, November 28, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, November 28, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 28, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 28, 2005
- Blizzard in Kansas, November 28, 2005
- Tornado in Alabama, November 28, 2005
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 28, 2005
- Tornado in Mississippi, November 28, 2005
- Blizzard in Minnesota, November 28 to 29, 2005
More
Every storm in Nevada in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, November 2005
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: 5481224.