Nevada, 1994Tornado and Hail in Nevada, May 5, 1994
May 5, 1994 · 3 events in 1 county or zone
2 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Tornado, Lander
- When
- May 5, 3:30 PM PST
- Where
- Lander County, Lander County to Battle Mountain
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -116.920
A tornado a few miles south of Battle Mountain destroyed several ranch buildings and blew out the windows of several vehicles at the ranch. The tornado had several witnesses and was also photographed. A few minutes later, severe thunderstorms produced golf ball-sized hail in Battle Mountain, and baseball-sized hail in Antelope Valley, southwest of Battle Mountain.
Hail, Lander
- When
- May 5, 3:45 PM PST
- Where
- Lander County, Lander County to Antelope Valley
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 39.934, -117.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado a few miles south of Battle Mountain destroyed several ranch buildings and blew out the windows of several vehicles at the ranch. The tornado had several witnesses and was also photographed. A few minutes later, severe thunderstorms produced golf ball-sized hail in Battle Mountain, and baseball-sized hail in Antelope Valley, southwest of Battle Mountain.
Hail, Lander
- When
- May 5, 3:45 PM PST
- Where
- Lander County, Lander County to Battle Mountain
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.934, -117.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado a few miles south of Battle Mountain destroyed several ranch buildings and blew out the windows of several vehicles at the ranch. The tornado had several witnesses and was also photographed. A few minutes later, severe thunderstorms produced golf ball-sized hail in Battle Mountain, and baseball-sized hail in Antelope Valley, southwest of Battle Mountain.
- 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.
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 5, 1994$48,000 · F0 · 34 events
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 5, 1994$50,000 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 5, 1994$5,000 · F0 · 28 events
- Hail in Texas, May 5, 1994$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 5, 199462 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail in Colorado, May 5, 19940.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 5, 19941 event
- Hail in Iowa, May 5, 1994$5,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 10335842, 10335843, 10335862.