Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 26, 7:15 PM PST to 7:45 PM PST
- Where
- Clark County, Mead Lake
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.520, -114.420
Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 26, 1996
Strong thunderstorm winds swamped and/or damaged several house boats in the Overton Arm of Lake Mead.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
Strong thunderstorm winds swamped and/or damaged several house boats in the Overton Arm of Lake Mead.
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:12 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in South Carolina, July 26, 1996
- Hail in Texas, July 26, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 26, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, July 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, July 26, 1996
More
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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: 5557946.