Flash Flood, Lincoln
- When
- August 30, 4:40 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Ursine
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.643, -114.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Nevada, August 30, 1998
Strong thunderstorms producing heavy rain caused flash flooding in northeast Lincoln County. The Sheriff's Office reported flooding across Highway 322 near Ursine.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
Strong thunderstorms producing heavy rain caused flash flooding in northeast Lincoln County. The Sheriff's Office reported flooding across Highway 322 near Ursine. A weather spotter near Pioche reported an alfalfa field had been flooded as 1.60 inches of rain fell in less than an hour.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Lincoln
- When
- August 30, 5:06 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 8 mi N of Pioche
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.643, -114.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5665193, 5665194.