Nevada, 1998Tornado and Wildfire in Nevada, July 22 to 31, 1998
July 22 to 31, 1998 · NWS LKN · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
2 wildfire, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Wildfire, Elko
- When
- July 22, 4:00 PM PST to July 26, 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Elko County, Jiggs
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A lightning caused wild fire on Cedar Ridge, just northwest of Jiggs burned 700 acres of a federally protected wild land study area.
Tornado, White Pine
- When
- July 23, 11:55 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- White Pine County, Ely
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 0.1 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -114.900
A brief tornado touched down in Mosier Canyon, 5 miles southeast of Ely. No damage occurred as this tornado remained over open country.
Wildfire, Humboldt
- When
- July 29, 4:00 PM PST to July 31, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Humboldt County, (Wmc)winnemuca Muni
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 41.407, -118.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A lightning caused wild fire 7 miles north of Winnemucca airport burned 2700 acres and destroyed 1 outbuilding but no injuries were reported.
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 22, 19981 injured · $13 million · 9 events
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 22, 19981 death · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Utah, July 22, 1998$1.2 million · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 22, 1998$215,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 1998$110,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 1998$90,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 1998$42,000 · 52 kt wind · 9 events
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 22, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22 to 28, 1998$30,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
- Heat in North Carolina, July 22 to 23, 199831 events
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 22, 19983 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 1998$27,000 · 2 events
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: 5653975, 5653976, 5653974.