Hail, Elko
- When
- April 29, 6:20 PM PST
- Where
- Elko County, 10 mi S of Wells
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -114.980
Hail in Nevada, April 29, 1999
The Nevada Highway Patrol reported golf ball size hail 10 miles south of Wells along highway 93.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
The Nevada Highway Patrol reported golf ball size hail 10 miles south of Wells along highway 93.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in Colorado, April 29 to 30, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 29, 1999
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 29, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Texas, April 29, 1999
- Flooding in Wyoming, April 29 to 30, 1999
- High Wind in Arizona, April 29, 1999
- Flood and Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 29 to 30, 1999
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, April 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, April 29, 1999
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, April 1999
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: 5690119.