Hail in Nevada, August 23, 1995

Name: Hail in Nevada, August 23, 1995
Start: 1995-08-23T09:45
End: 1995-08-23T21:30
Location: Nevada

August 23, 1995 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Nvz004 - 007 - 009

When: August 23, 9:45 AM PDT to 9:30 PM PDT
Where: Nvz004 - 007 - 009 County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $100,000

Strong thunderstorms continued to pound Nevada for a second day, especially extreme southern Nevada. A severe thunderstorm packing strong winds, torrential downpours and large hail hit southwest Las Vegas. Winds from this storm downed several powerlines, destroyed two trailer homes, blew out numerous car windows and tore tiles off roofs. Nearby roads flooded quickly as rain fell at a rate of up to nine inches an hour for a short period. Flood waters swept a man caught underneath a bridge to his death. Across east central Nevada the Diamond Valley reported 0.88 inches of rain in a 20 minute period from a thunderstorm that caused significant street flooding. Other strong storms hit Churchill County, where one to two inches of rain fell 10 miles southeast of Fallon on Highway 50. Minor street flooding was reported. NEW HAMPSHIRE

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Hail, Nvz004 - 007 - 009	1995-08-23				Direct

What these are

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

Every storm in Nevada in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, August 1995

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: 10335897.