Nevada, 1998

High Wind in Nevada, February 6, 1998

February 6, 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
$50,000
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 6, 6:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST
Where
Northern Nye forecast zone
Measured
70 kt (81 mph)
Property damage
$50,000

Another unusual damaging wind event occurred in the town of Gabbs ... just three days after the previous event. The Gabbs Fire Dept. reported southeast winds again gusting to over 80 mph with several power poles and trees down. Additional damage to some mobile homes was noted, but mainly to already weakened and damaged structures.

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

Every storm in Nevada in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5635099.