High Wind, Southwest and South Central Elko
- When
- April 23, 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southwest and South Central Elko forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
High Wind in Nevada, April 23, 1998
A very strong cold front raced east across Northeast Nevada causing strong gradient winds. Sustained winds in the 30-40 mph range were widespread during the afternoon and evening hours causing areas of blowing dust and sand.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 LKN wrote it up.
A very strong cold front raced east across Northeast Nevada causing strong gradient winds. Sustained winds in the 30-40 mph range were widespread during the afternoon and evening hours causing areas of blowing dust and sand. With the frontal passage, winds gusted to 60 mph in Spring Creek at 500 pm PDT causing damage to sheds and outbuildings. In addition, many yard objects were sent airborne in the high winds. Later in the evening as the front approached the Utah border, winds gusted to 54 mph at Wendover airport causing a Department of Defense transport truck to overturn on Interstate 80 just west of West Wendover, injuring the driver.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southeast Elko
- When
- April 23, 9:20 PM PST
- Where
- Southeast Elko forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Arizona, April 23, 1998
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, April 23, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, April 23, 1998
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, April 23, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Idaho, April 23, 1998
- Flood and High Wind in Oregon, April 23 to 30, 1998
- Hail in Washington, April 23, 1998
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, April 23, 1998
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, April 23, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, April 23, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, April 23, 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: 5633560, 5633559.