High Wind, Lander/Eureka
- When
- November 23, 2:45 PM PST
- Where
- Lander/Eureka forecast zone
- Measured
- 41 kt (47 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Nevada, November 23 to 24, 1998
A cold front moving across the northern Great Basin produced strong gradient winds. Sustained winds were in the 30-40 mph range with gusts as high as 60 mph at Winnemucca airport, 48 mph at the National Weather Service office in Elko and 47 mph at Red Butte, in West Central Lander County.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A cold front moving across the northern Great Basin produced strong gradient winds. Sustained winds were in the 30-40 mph range with gusts as high as 60 mph at Winnemucca airport, 48 mph at the National Weather Service office in Elko and 47 mph at Red Butte, in West Central Lander County. A greenhouse at Grass Valley Elementary School in Winnemucca was destroyed.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Humboldt
- When
- November 23, 3:36 PM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Southwest and South Central Elko
- When
- November 24, 12:17 AM PST
- Where
- Southwest and South Central Elko forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
High Wind, Southwest and South Central Elko
- When
- November 24, 12:29 AM PST
- Where
- Southwest and South Central Elko forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
- High Wind in Washington, November 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in Utah, November 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Colorado, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, November 23, 1998
- Heat in Wisconsin, November 23 to 30, 1998
- High Wind in California, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in California, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in New York, November 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Idaho, November 23, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, November 23, 1998
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, November 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: 5671859, 5671858, 5671861, 5671860.