Nevada, 1993

Tornado and Hail in Nevada, August 11, 1993

August 11, 1993 · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Elko

When
August 11, 12:00 PM PST
Where
Elko County, Elko
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tornado was reported by several witnesses 40 miles north of Elko.

Hail, Elko

When
August 11, 2:35 PM PST
Where
Elko County, Oasis
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One-inch hail was reported in Oasis.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Nevada in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nevada, 1993Warnings in Nevada, August 1993

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10335837, 10335838.