Dust Devil, Clark
- When
- June 1, 12:30 PM PST to 12:35 PM PST
- Where
- Clark County, 20 mi S of Las Vegas
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dust Devil in Nevada, June 1, 1996
A sky diver inadvertently crossed paths with a dust devil which aused his parachute to collapse about 30 feet above the ground. The man died from injuries sustained in the resulting fall.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
A sky diver inadvertently crossed paths with a dust devil which aused his parachute to collapse about 30 feet above the ground. The man died from injuries sustained in the resulting fall.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dust Devil, Clark | 1996-06-01 | 39 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
What these are
- Dust Devil
- A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1996
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 1, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 1, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 1, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, June 1, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, June 1 to 5, 1996
- Flood in Kentucky, June 1 to 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 1996
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 1996
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, June 1996
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: 5551726.