Lake Mead National Recreation Area County, Arizona
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2002 and 2025, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
0
Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
0
Floods since 1996
100
All events
6
Deaths
$417K
Property damage
Year by year
All storm eventsTornadoes
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
One hiker died and 33 others were rescued after suffering heat-related symptoms.
A boat with three men aboard capsized in strong winds and rough waves around noon. Two men were rescued, but one drowned.
A couple died of heat-related causes in their van after it became stuck on a dirt road in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Their exact times of death are unknown.
One man died of heat related causes while hiking to Arizona Hot Spring. A woman believed to have accompanied him on the hike is still missing.
Temperatures reached Excessive Heat Warning criteria for four consecutive days. One man died from the heat and five others were injured.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on four straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on two straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on two straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on one day.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on one day.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on two straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on one day.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on two straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on two straight days.
High Wind High Wind
This gust occurred at Laughlin-Bullhead City (KIFP).
High Wind High Wind
These gusts occurred at Bullhead City (KIFP).
High Wind High Wind
This gust occurred at Bullhead City (KIFP).
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on the first seven days of the month. The event began in September.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on each of the last five days of September. The event continued into October.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on three straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on three straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on seven straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on nine straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on two straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on three straight days.
Strong Wind Strong Wind
A gas station canopy was partially blown over 3 miles S of Willow Valley.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on two straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on five straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on ten straight days. This event began on July 14th.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on ten straight days. This event continued through July 23rd.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on three straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on three straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
This event began in August and continued through early September.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
This event began in August. Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached on each of the first four days of September, and the event continued beyond.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached two days in a row. The event continued into September.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached two days in a row.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached four days in a row.
Strong Wind Strong Wind
Strong winds in Mohave Valley collapsed a backyard pergola.
Strong Wind Strong Wind
A McDonald's sign in Fort Mohave was blown down, landing on and destroying a parked car, and a large awning on a gas station in Bullhead City was uprooted.
High Wind High Wind
The peak sustained wind was measured in Temple Bar. In Bullhead City, one large tree was uprooted and another was split.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached two days in a row.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached four days in a row.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached five days in a row.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached three days in a row.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached six days in a row.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached seven days in a row.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached four days in a row.
High Wind High Wind
Numerous power lines were blown down, a truck and trailer combo was blown over, and a metal building at the Findlay Used Car Center was destroyed.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached for four straight days.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Excessive Heat Warning criteria were reached for four straight days.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
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