Thunderstorm Wind, Riverside
- When
- August 12, 9:47 PM MST
- Where
- Riverside County, Blythe
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -114.600
Measured peak wind gust 72 mph at the airport.
Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in California, August 12 to 31, 1998
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 dust storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 4
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 radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Dust Storm, X E Riverside / E Imperial
- When
- August 16, 5:15 PM MST to 6:07 PM MST
- Where
- X E Riverside / E Imperial forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Dense blowing dust and blowing sand with near zero visibility.
Thunderstorm Wind, Riverside
- When
- August 31, 8:59 PM MST
- Where
- Riverside County, 20 mi W of Blythe
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -114.950
Winds and dense blowing dust affected much of Eastern Riverside Co.
Thunderstorm Wind, Imperial
- When
- August 31, 9:06 PM MST to 9:39 PM MST
- Where
- Imperial County, El Centro to Winterhaven
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -115.550
Much of Imperial Co affected by high winds, heavy rain.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Dust Storm
- Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 12, 1998
- Wildfire in Idaho, August 12 to 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, August 12, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, August 12, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, August 12, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, August 12, 1998
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Florida, August 12, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 12, 1998
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: 5668256, 5668257, 5668259, 5668258.