This page lists the date and location of all known tornadoes that have occurred in Nevada during the years 1880 to 2000. 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 1995, check out the NCDC Storm Events page.
Nevada Tornadoes 1880-2000
Links to the Specific Counties
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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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