Nevada Tornadoes 1950-1995
This page lists the date and location of all the tornadoes that have occurred in Nevada from the year 1950. If you are interested in reading about the “worst” tornadoes that have struck Nevada (and all other states), see this page on our site. If you want to find out about specific tornadoes that have occurred since 2012, check out the NCDC Storm Events page.
Links to the Specific Counties
all times are Pacific Standard Time
date event time dead inj F County
# Scale number(s)
Churchill County Tornadoes
MAY 26, 1964 002 1200 0 0 F1 001
MAY 17, 1987 002 1418 0 0 F0 001
MAY 19, 1994 002 1040 0 0 F0 001
JUN 14, 1997 002 0905 0 0 F0 001
Clark County Tornadoes
JUN 07, 1964 004 1410 0 0 F1 003
AUG 20, 1975 001 1501 0 0 F0 003
JLY 22, 1984 001 1550 0 0 F0 003
MAY 28, 1986 001 1808 0 0 F0 003
SEP 17, 1989 002 1130 0 0 F1 003
OCT 14, 1989 003 1725 0 0 F1 003
JAN 30, 1990 001 1420 0 0 F0 003
MAR 30, 1992 001 1120 0 0 F0 003
MAR 30, 1992 002 1145 0 0 F1 003
SEP 11, 1998 008 1156 0 0 F0 003
Elko County Tornadoes JLY 17, 1962 001 1400 0 0 F1 007 MAY 13, 1970 001 1330 0 0 F1 007 JUN 11, 1977 001 1400 0 0 F1 007 AUG 19, 1979 002 1700 0 0 F1 007 MAY 24, 1987 003 1400 0 0 F0 007 MAY 27, 1987 004 1630 0 0 F1 007 MAY 27, 1987 005 1835 0 0 F0 007 JUN 14, 1987 006 1855 0 0 F0 007 AUG 04, 1991 002 1130 0 0 F0 007 JUN 08, 1992 003 1505 0 0 F0 007 AUG 11, 1993 001 1200 0 0 F0 007 MAY 16, 1996 001 0630 0 0 F0 007 JUN 8, 1998 001 1000 0 0 F0 007 Esmeralda County Tornadoes AUG 27, 1982 001 1418 0 0 F0 009 Eureka County Tornadoes AUG 21, 1983 001 1400 0 0 F0 011
Humboldt County Tornadoes JLY 24, 1931 001 0 0 F0 013 AUG 14, 1979 001 1300 0 0 F0 013
Lander County Tornadoes MAY 05, 1994 001 1530 0 0 F1 015 Lincoln County Tornadoes MAY 22, 1967 001 1145 0 0 F1 017 OCT 08, 1974 001 1500 0 0 F0 017 AUG 07, 1987 008 1600 0 0 F0 017 OCT 06, 1988 004 1305 0 0 F0 017 SEP 05, 1998 007 1449 0 0 F0 017 AUG 31, 2000 002 1640 0 0 F1 017 Lyon County Tornadoes JUN 07, 1989 001 1535 0 0 F0 019 JUN 05, 1995 001 1204 0 0 F0 019 JUN 09, 1997 001 1510 0 0 F0 019 JUN 11, 1998 002 1100 0 0 F0 019 JUN 11, 1998 003 1126 0 0 F0 019
Nye County Tornadoes JLY 16, 1987 007 1605 0 0 F0 023 JLY 07, 1991 001 1500 0 0 F0 023 AUG 06, 1992 004 1135 0 0 F0 023
Washoe County Tornadoes APR 18, 1949 001 1300 0 0 F2 031 APR 23, 1964 001 1330 0 0 F1 031 JLY 16, 1973 001 1215 0 1 F1 031 NOV 03, 1973 002 0915 0 0 F1 031 FEB 28, 1988 001 0600 0 0 F0 031 FEB 28, 1988 002 0600 0 0 F0 031 JLY 30, 1998 006 1335 0 0 F0 031 White Pine County Tornadoes MAY 26, 1964 003 1445 0 1 F1 033 SEP 08, 1967 002 1340 0 0 F1 033 AUG 12, 1971 001 1659 0 0 F0 033 SEP 11, 1975 002 1156 0 0 F0 033 AUG 19, 1977 002 1420 0 0 F1 033 AUG 20, 1984 002 1705 0 0 F0 033 MAY 17, 1987 001 1333 0 0 F0 033 JUN 12, 1988 003 1150 0 0 F0 033 JUN 23, 1998 004 1155 0 0 F0 033 JUN 23, 1998 005 1155 0 0 F0 033
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