Clark County, Nevada tornado history

13 tornadoes recorded in or across Clark County from 1964 to 2014, coloured by rating on the map.

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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 Clark County

The Storm Prediction Center records 13 tornadoes whose paths touched Clark County, Nevada between 1964 and 2014. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is August, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F1 on 21 April 2001. The most recent was on 4 August 2014.

  • 13tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 16per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Clark County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0862%
F1 / EF1538%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Clark County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1980s.1960s11970s21980s41990s42000s12010s1

The 2010s only run to 2014, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s2
1980s4
1990s4
2000s1
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Aug.Jan1Feb0Mar2Apr1May1Jun1Jul1Aug3Sep2Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr1
May1
Jun1
Jul1
Aug3
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Clark County

  • Strongest and Longest path: California tornado21 April 2001, F1, 3 miles long
  • Most recent: Nevada tornado4 August 2014, EF0, 0.1 miles long

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

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