High Wind, X E Elko
- When
- April 28, 4:30 PM PST to 5:30 PM PST
- Where
- X E Elko forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Nevada, April 28, 2000
Sustained winds of 40 mph were reported in west Wendover.
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
- 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.
Sustained winds of 40 mph were reported in west Wendover.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, April 28, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, April 28, 2000
- High Wind in California, April 28, 2000
- Tornado in Oregon, April 28, 2000
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 28 to 29, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, April 28 to 29, 2000
- Rip Current and High Surf in American Samoa, April 28 to 30, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, April 28, 2000
- Hail in New Mexico, April 28, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, April 28, 2000
- High Wind in California, April 28, 2000
More
Every storm in Nevada in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, April 2000
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: 5137966.