Nevada, 1997

Tornado in Nevada, June 14, 1997

June 14, 1997 · NWS REV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths
0
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.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Churchill

When
June 14, 9:05 AM PST to 9:07 AM PST
Where
Churchill County, 13 mi S of (Nfl)nas Fallon
Rating
F0
Coordinates
39.150, -118.720

Navy pilots reported a weak tornado 13 miles south of the Fallon Naval Air Station near Carson Lake and Bass Flat. The tornado was on the ground for about two minutes and then dissipated. There was no confirmation on path width and length as the tornado was in open country.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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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: 5604974.