Tornado History Map

Nevada tornado history

97 tornadoes recorded in Nevada from 1962 to 2023, drawn on the map and coloured by rating.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Nevada

The Storm Prediction Center records 97 tornadoes that touched Nevada between 1962 and 2023, and 96 of them began there. A tornado that crossed a state line counts in every state it touched. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 22 tornadoes.

  • 97tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 9per 10,000 sq mi of land
  • 15counties touched

Tornadoes per 10,000 square miles lets you compare states of different sizes. It counts every tornado that touched the state.

How strong were Nevada's tornadoes?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF07981%
F1 / EF11718%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating11%

Nevada tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 23 in 1990s.1960s71970s111980s201990s232000s162010s172020s3

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1962.

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PeriodCount
1960s7
1970s11
1980s20
1990s23
2000s16
2010s17
2020s3

The record has changed over the decades as detection and reporting improved, so more weak tornadoes show up in recent years than in the 1950s. The year with the most in Nevada was 1987, with 8.

Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 22 in Jun.Jan1Feb3Mar2Apr5May21Jun22Jul11Aug19Sep8Oct4Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb3
Mar2
Apr5
May21
Jun22
Jul11
Aug19
Sep8
Oct4
Nov1
Dec0

Strongest tornadoes that touched Nevada

  • Nevada tornado3 November 1973, F1, 25.9 miles long
  • Nevada tornado27 May 1987, F1, 6 miles long
  • Nevada tornado13 May 1970, F1, 5.7 miles long
  • California tornado21 April 2001, F1, 3 miles long
  • Nevada tornado26 May 1964, F1, 1 injury, 2 miles long
  • Nevada tornado5 June 2015, EF1, 1.5 miles long

Most recent tornadoes in Nevada

  • Nevada tornado5 June 2023, Unknown rating, 0.5 miles long
  • Nevada tornado24 May 2023, EF1, 1.2 miles long
  • Nevada tornado13 August 2021, EF0, 0.1 miles long
  • Nevada tornado22 May 2019, EF0, 0.2 miles long
  • Nevada tornado3 October 2018, EF0, 0 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

Nevada counties

Every county that a tornado has touched is listed, most tornadoes first. 11 of them have at least 3 tornadoes and their own page.

CountyTornadoesStrongest
Elko County23F/EF1
Clark County13F/EF1
Washoe County13F/EF1
White Pine County9F/EF1
Humboldt County8F/EF0
Lincoln County7F/EF1
Lyon County6F/EF1
Nye County6F/EF0
Churchill County4F/EF0
Eureka County4F/EF1
Lander County3F/EF1
Carson City1F/EF0
Douglas County1F/EF0
Esmeralda County1F/EF0
Mineral County1F/EF1

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