Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
30
Property damage
—
Area
Sw & Sc Elko
Event narrative (NOAA)
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 30 to 40 mph blowing across an area recently burned by a fire picked up ash and dust and carried it across Interstate 80 about 2 miles west of Carlin. Visibility along the Interstate was reduced to near zero in the ash and dust. This resulted in a 20 vehicle pileup resulting in four fatalities and 30 injuries.
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.