Nevada, 2023Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 5, 2023
January 5, 2023 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone
The remnants of the atmospheric river which brought very heavy snow to the Sierra also brought heavy snow to the Spring Mountains.
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- 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.
The remnants of the atmospheric river which brought very heavy snow to the Sierra also brought heavy snow to the Spring Mountains.
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 4, 1:33 PM PST, 19 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 1:33 PM PST, 19 hours 57 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Spring Mountains
- When
- January 5, 9:30 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Spring Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 37.129, -115.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A person in the town of Mount Charleston measured 12 inches of snow.
- 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.
- Dense Fog in New Jersey, January 5, 202310 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Utah, January 5 to 6, 20236 events
- Dense Fog in Montana, January 5 to 6, 20234 events
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 5 to 6, 20234 events
- Ice Storm and Heavy Rain in Montana, January 5 to 6, 20234 events
- Dense Fog in Delaware, January 5, 20231 event
- Heavy Snow in California, January 5, 20231 event
- Dense Fog in California, January 5 to 6, 20231 event
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: 1078849.