High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 1998

Name: High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 1998
Start: 1998-02-03T03:00
End: 1998-02-03T17:00
Location: Nevada

February 3, 1998 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $400,000
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, Northern Nye

When: February 3, 3:00 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
Where: Northern Nye forecast zone
Measured: 80 kt (92 mph)
Property damage: $400,000

Strong gradient winds, enhanced by local terrain, produced damaging winds in northwest Nye County in the small town of Gabbs. One resident with a home weather station recorded sustained winds of 65 mph before his equipment was blown away. Wind gusts were estimated at 80 to 100 mph during the peak of the event, between 4:00 am and 10:00 am. The relentless winds destroyed seven mobile homes, damaged many roofs and small buildings, downed numerous trees and knocked out power for almost the entire day. Nye County commissioners declared Gabbs a disaster area the following day.

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

Every storm in Nevada in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, February 1998

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: 5635097.