Hail, Lander
- When
- June 23, 2:00 PM PST to 2:05 PM PST
- Where
- Lander County, Battle Mtn
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -116.920
A severe thunderstorm dropped golf ball size hail on the city of Battle Mountain.
Hail in Nevada, June 23, 1998
3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 1
- 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.
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Elko
- When
- June 23, 3:45 PM PST to 3:50 PM PST
- Where
- Elko County, Pequop
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -114.600
A severe thunderstorm dropped dime size hail on Pequop Summit on Interstate 80. Hail covered roadway causing traffic accident.
Hail, Lander
- When
- June 23, 5:00 PM PST to 5:10 PM PST
- Where
- Lander County, Argenta Siding
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.670, -116.750
A severe thunderstorm dropped dime size hail on Interstate 80 at the Argenta exit east of Battle Mountain. The hail accumulated to a depth of several inches causing an injury accident.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, June 23 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Illinois, June 23 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 23, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 23, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 23 to 24, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 23, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 23, 1998
- Tornado in Iowa, June 23, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 23, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, June 23, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 23, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 23, 1998
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, June 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: 5653878, 5653879, 5653970.