1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Reno radar (KRGX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Public report of a tornado 6 miles south of Fernley, NV. Report confirmed by Lyon County Sheriff. Tornado in open country. Path width and length were unknown. No damage reported.
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Every storm in Nevada in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nevada, 1998Warnings in Nevada, June 1998
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: 5656376.