High Wind, Las Vegas Valley
- When
- April 23, 2:00 PM PST to 4:15 PM PST
- Where
- Las Vegas Valley forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Nevada, April 23, 1997
Strong northwest winds behind a vigorous cold front swept across southern Nevada producing gusts exceeding 50 mph. Damage resulted in the Las Vegas Valley with reports of a roof ripped off an apartment complex and a large tent blown down at a golf tournament.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 northwest winds behind a vigorous cold front swept across southern Nevada producing gusts exceeding 50 mph. Damage resulted in the Las Vegas Valley with reports of a roof ripped off an apartment complex and a large tent blown down at a golf tournament.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5605359.