Nevada, 2023

Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 18 to 19, 2023

January 18 to 19, 2023 · NWS REV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

One last colder and quick-moving storm wrapped up the current active storm cycle during the overnight/early morning hours of January 18-19. This winter system produced 4-10 inches of accumulating snow across much of the Sierra and Lake Tahoe Basin with lesser amounts across northeast California and around the Reno-Sparks area.

Where it happened

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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.

One last colder and quick-moving storm wrapped up the current active storm cycle during the overnight/early morning hours of January 18-19. This winter system produced 4-10 inches of accumulating snow across much of the Sierra and Lake Tahoe Basin with lesser amounts across northeast California and around the Reno-Sparks area.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Greater Lake Tahoe Area

When
January 18, 8:00 AM PST to January 19, 8:00 AM PST
Where
Greater Lake Tahoe Area forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.789, -119.640 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The public at the Mount Rose Ski Base, and a trained spotter located 1.0 mi NNW of Incline Village, NV, reported 24 hour snowfall totals of 9.0 and 7.5 inches respectively.

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1080745.