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High Wind in Sheep Range, Nevada
High Wind May 17, 2026 · Sheep Range, Nevada
58 mph
Measured gust (50 kt)
What the National Weather Service wrote
A high wind gust was recorded at a Desert Research Institute mesonet site in the Sheep Range.
The wider storm
A strong trough of low pressure over the Pacific Northwest brought high gradient winds to the southern Great Basin and southern Nevada.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1341996. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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