A presumed dust devil caused damage in Las Vegas.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
A presumed dust devil caused damage in Las Vegas.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 1:30 AM PST, 10 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 230 AM PDT THU JUN 9 2016 .SYNOPSIS... An area of low pressure will approach the area today bringing slightly cooler temperatures across the region. Moisture is forecast to increase from the south Friday bringing a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms to mainly northwest Arizona and the mountains of southern Nevada. Additional chances of showers and thunderstorms will occur over the weekend along with much cooler temperatures as an area of low pressure moves across the region. && .SHORT TERM...Through Saturday Night. Ridge of high pressure that brought the very warm temperatures to the region will be shunted east and south today as a trough digs over the eastern Pacific. This will allow for some cooling to occur today...but temperatures will still remain several degrees above normal. The more significant drop in temperatures will occur Friday as the trough digs deeper into the desert southwest. Readings are expected to fall about 6-8 degrees putting temperatures close to normal for this time of year. The models are still hinting at a moisture increase over western Arizona that will work north and west Friday afternoon. PW values look to increase to around 1.40 inches over extreme southern Mohave County with the 1 inch line reaching as far north as eastern San Bernardino and southern Clark Counties. The models have backed off a bit on the amount of instability available as LI values are now on average right around 0 and CAPE values are minimal. However, the models continue to bring a fairly strong vort max up through western Arizona and northward through eastern San Bernarino and eventually across Clark County and through Lincoln County by Friday night. This feature should provide enough support to generate at least some isolated thunderstorms over mainly the higher terrain. Did back off the pops slightly over northern Mohave County, but expanded them to include more of southeast California and southern Nevada. As this one piece of energy exits the area another one is poised to move into southern California Saturday afternoon. This second feature is more dynamic and carries more moisture. The best area of seeing at least a chance of showers and thunderstorms will be across Inyo and Esmeralda Counties, central Nye and Lincoln Counties by Saturday evening. Did also raise pops a bit for those areas. For the remainder of the area this trough will reinforce somewhat cooler air that will stick around at least through the weekend. With the approach of this trough afternoon southwest winds will increase each afternoon through the weekend. Most areas will see wind speeds 20-30 mph, but a few locations across Esmeralda and central Nye could see gusts approaching 40 mph. It looks like winds are not going to be strong enough for any wind advisory products, but could have more of an impact on fire weather concerns. .LONG TERM...Sunday through Wednesday. Forecast models are coming In a little slower with the ejection of a southern stream trough pushing into the western states. This will lead to the possibility of lingering shower and thunderstorm activity across our Northwestern zones like the Sierra and southern Great Basin on Sunday. Despite being mid June, a dusting of snow will be possible in the highest peaks above 10k feet with any shower activity that occurs. Drier conditions are expected Monday into next week as a southwesterly flow develops between high pressure over northern Mexico and a deep low pressure trough off the Pacific Northwest coastline. The end result will be near normal temperatures with afternoon southwesterly breezes much of next week. && .AVIATION... For McCarran...Light southeast winds are expected to become southwesterly and gusty between 20 and 22z. Speeds will generally be 14-22 kts with a few gusts over 25 kts. Sct-Bkn clds 25k through much of the day. For the rest of Southern Nevada...Northwest Arizona...and Southeast California...Light winds this morning will increase out of the south to southwest with speeds generally between 15-25 kts. Some gusts over 30 kts are possible across Esmeralda and central Nye Counties this afternoon. Sct-Bkn clouds 25k. && .FIRE WEATHER... An upper level trough will move to the California coast today, then slowly across the area Friday through Sunday. An increase in south/southwest winds will accompany the approach of the trough, especially this afternoon and Friday. Meanwhile, relative humidity values will remain low. The main threat of thunderstorms will be on Friday across Mohave and eastern Lincoln counties, along with the southern Nevada mountains. There could also be isolated thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday across far northern and western portions of the area. Fire weather concerns exist today through Sunday, but confidence is low to medium that critical thresholds will be reached either for winds or thunderstorm coverage. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather according to standard operating procedures. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...GORELOW AVIATION...OUTLER For more forecast information...see us on our webpage: http://weather.gov/lasvegas or follow us on Facebook and Twitter
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
A presumed dust devil collapsed an awning onto several cars at an apartment complex in east Las Vegas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, June 2016
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: 630345.