Arizona, 1998

High Wind in Arizona, April 23, 1998

April 23, 1998 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
2
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, X Wc Mohave

When
April 23, 11:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST
Where
X Wc Mohave forecast zone
Measured
35 kt (40 mph)
Deaths
2 direct, 0 indirect

Strong winds on Lake Mead, near Kingman Wash, apparently capsized a small sail boat carrying two men. The exact time of the incident was not known, but was believed to have occurred during the afternoon or early evening. The Coroner's report revealed that the boaters, who were not discovered until the following morning, died from hypothermia and drowning.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
High Wind, X Wc Mohave1998-04-2351MaleBoatDirect
High Wind, X Wc Mohave1998-04-2337MaleBoatDirect

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5643351.