Storms in Nevada in 1997
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nevada in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Nevada in 1997 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 158
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 57
- Damage
- $652 million
- Episodes
- 100
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 25 | 1 | 6 | $12 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 23 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| High Wind | 21 | 0 | 0 | $54,000 |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Flood | 11 | 2 | 50 | $640 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1997
- Flooding in Nevada, January 1 to 17, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, January 1, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, January 1, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, January 1, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, January 1, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, January 1, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Nevada, January 1 to 2, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12 to 13, 1997
- Cold in Nevada, January 13 to 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 13, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, January 21, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 22 to 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 24, 1997
- Flooding in Nevada, January 25 to 26, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, January 25, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, January 25, 1997
February 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 8, 1997
March 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, March 1, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, March 1, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, March 2, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, March 2, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, March 2, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, March 3, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, March 16, 1997
April 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, April 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 8 to 9, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, April 19, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, April 23, 1997
May 1997
June 1997
- Dust Storm in Nevada, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Nevada, June 7, 1997
- Hail in Nevada, June 7, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nevada, June 8, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Nevada, June 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, June 9, 1997
- Hail in Nevada, June 9, 1997
- Tornado in Nevada, June 9, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Nevada, June 9, 1997
- Hail in Nevada, June 11, 1997
- Tornado in Nevada, June 14, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Nevada, June 14, 1997
July 1997
- Flash Flooding in Nevada, July 23, 1997
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 29, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Nevada, July 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 30, 1997
- Hail in Nevada, July 30, 1997
August 1997
- Flash Flood in Nevada, August 4 to 5, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nevada, August 8, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 9, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nevada, August 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nevada, August 10, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nevada, August 10, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Nevada, August 11, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 28, 1997
September 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Nevada, September 1, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Nevada, September 2, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, September 2, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nevada, September 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Nevada, September 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Nevada, September 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nevada, September 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, September 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, September 5, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nevada, September 9, 1997
- Flooding in Nevada, September 25, 1997
October 1997
November 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 10 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 11, 1997
- Dense Fog in Nevada, November 12, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, November 19, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, November 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 27, 1997
December 1997
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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.