Dust Storm, Humboldt
- When
- September 9, 5:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Dust Storm in Nevada, September 9, 1999
A strong dry cold front producing winds of 30 to 40 mph caused an extensive area of blowing dust as these winds blew across a large area of land that had been burned due to wildfires. The blowing dust reduced visibility to near zero at times along Interstate 80 between Battle Mountain and Carlin.
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.
A strong dry cold front producing winds of 30 to 40 mph caused an extensive area of blowing dust as these winds blew across a large area of land that had been burned due to wildfires. The blowing dust reduced visibility to near zero at times along Interstate 80 between Battle Mountain and Carlin. Large areas had visibility reduced to below 3 miles in blowing dust.
Event by event
3 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Dust Storm, Lander/Eureka
- When
- September 9, 5:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lander/Eureka forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Dust Storm, Southwest and South Central Elko
- When
- September 9, 5:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southwest and South Central Elko forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
What these are
- Dust Storm
- Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, September 9 to 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 9 to 29, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, September 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 9, 1999
- Lightning Strike in California, September 9, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Maryland, September 9, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 9, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, September 9, 1999
- Funnel Clouds and Waterspout in Wisconsin, September 9, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, September 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 9, 1999
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, September 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: 5717128, 5717192, 5717193.