Thunderstorm Wind, Eureka
- When
- August 10, 12:28 PM PST to 12:30 PM PST
- Where
- Eureka County, 20 mi S of Palisade
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -116.200
Hail and Damaging Winds in Nevada, August 10, 1999
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph hit the Sadler Fire Camp located near state highway 278 and Modarelli Mine road. The winds blew over tents and port-a-potties.
Where it happened
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The toll
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph hit the Sadler Fire Camp located near state highway 278 and Modarelli Mine road. The winds blew over tents and port-a-potties. This thunderstorm then moved northeast into the town of Spring Creek in southwest Elko county and produced a wind gust measured at 78 mph and golf ball size hail.
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:27 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Elko
- When
- August 10, 1:30 PM PST to 1:32 PM PST
- Where
- Elko County, 8 mi SE of Elko
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -115.670
Hail, Elko
- When
- August 10, 1:40 PM PST to 1:42 PM PST
- Where
- Elko County, 15 mi SE of Elko
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.680, -115.570
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, August 10 to 12, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Arizona, August 10 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, August 10 to 11, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, August 10, 1999
- Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, August 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 10, 1999
- Hail in Oregon, August 10, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, August 10, 1999
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 10, 1999
More
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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: 5714173, 5714174, 5714175.