High Wind — Spring Mountains, Nevada

2023-08-20 · Spring Mountains, Nevada

Event narrative

The peak gust was measured 3 miles NE of Mount Charleston. Several trees were blown down.

Wider weather episode

Eastern Pacific Hurricane Hilary made landfall on the Baja Peninsula early on the morning of the 20th and reached Southern California as a tropical storm that afternoon. The cyclone brought major flash flooding and damaging winds to the Spring Mountains, along with less severe flooding elsewhere in southern Nevada.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1136454. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.