Nevada, 2022Excessive Heat in Nevada, July 21 to 22, 2022
July 21 to 22, 2022 · NWS VEF · 6 events in 6 counties and zones
Strong high pressure building overhead brought record hot temperatures to portions of the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Strong high pressure building overhead brought record hot temperatures to portions of the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin.
Excessive Heat, Lincoln County Except the Sheep Range
- When
- July 21, 10:00 AM PST to July 22, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lincoln County Except the Sheep Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 37.643, -114.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached in areas below 5000 feet two days in a row.
Excessive Heat, Northeast Clark
- When
- July 21, 10:00 AM PST to July 22, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northeast Clark forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached two days in a row.
Excessive Heat, Western Clark/Southern Nye
- When
- July 21, 10:00 AM PST to July 22, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Western Clark/Southern Nye forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 37.129, -115.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached two days in a row.
Excessive Heat, Las Vegas Valley
- When
- July 21, 10:00 AM PST to July 22, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Las Vegas Valley forecast zone
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached two days in a row. Three people died of heat-related causes during and immediately after the excessive heat event.
Excessive Heat, Lake Mead/Lake Mohave National Recreation Area
- When
- July 21, 10:00 AM PST to July 22, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Lake Mead/Lake Mohave National Recreation Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached two days in a row.
Excessive Heat, Southern Clark
- When
- July 21, 10:00 AM PST to July 22, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southern Clark forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached two days in a row.
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, July 21, 20223 deaths · $2.5 million · 2 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Alabama, July 21, 20222 deaths · 3 injured · 1 in hail · 30 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, July 21, 20221 death · $355,000 · 1.5 in hail · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 21, 2022$2.1 million · 2.5 in hail · 23 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 21, 2022$157,000 · 1.75 in hail · 31 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 21, 2022$95,000 · 1.75 in hail · 29 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 21, 2022$151,000 · 1 in hail · 11 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 21, 2022$125,000 · 50 kt wind · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 21, 2022$96,000 · 50 kt wind · 15 events
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Tennessee, July 21 to 28, 202261 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 21 to 23, 2022$36,000 · 60 kt wind · 28 events
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 21, 2022$100,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1050009, 1050010, 1050011, 1050012, 1050013, 1050014.