Nevada, 2023

Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 29 to 30, 2023

January 29 to 30, 2023 · NWS VEF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A cold upper level low pressure system brought locally heavy snow to the southern Great Basin and the mountains of southern Nevada.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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

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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 VEF wrote it up.

A cold upper level low pressure system brought locally heavy snow to the southern Great Basin and the mountains of southern Nevada.

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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 29, 1:47 PM PST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 1:47 PM PST, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Spring Mountains

When
January 29, 7:00 PM PST to January 30, 1:00 PM PST
Where
Spring Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
SNOTEL
Coordinates
37.129, -115.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An estimated seven inches of new snow fell at the Lovell Summit SNOTEL.

Heavy Snow, Lincoln County Except the Sheep Range

When
January 29, 7:30 PM PST to January 30, 8:45 AM PST
Where
Lincoln County Except the Sheep Range forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
37.643, -114.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Rachel co-op observer measured six inches of snow.

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

More

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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: 1078954, 1078953.