High Wind in Nevada, March 20, 2000

Name: High Wind in Nevada, March 20, 2000
Start: 2000-03-20T01:10
End: 2000-03-20T01:10
Location: Nevada

March 20, 2000 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $350,000
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.

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, C Clark

When: March 20, 1:10 AM PST
Where: C Clark forecast zone
Measured: 49 kt (56 mph)
Property damage: $350,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong gradient winds caused a 250 foot crane that was being used to construct a roller coaster at the Sahara Casino in Las Vegas to topple over. The crane crushed a fence and landed in a parking lot at the adjacent Wet 'n Wild water park. Damage will push construction of the roller coaster back about a month. The strong winds also knocked out several windows at the Phoenix office building in downtown Las Vegas.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, March 2000

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: 5137748.