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EF0 tornado in Clark County, Nevada

Tornado August 4, 2014 · Clark County, Nevada

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A small tornado briefly touched down in open desert east of Highway 95 near the Nelsons Landing turn off.

The wider storm

A major surge of monsoon moisture brought an outbreak of thunderstorms to the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin, with the most activity on the 3rd and 4th. Widespread flash flooding and severe weather occurred.

Began near Nelson (35.8300, -114.8700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 538821. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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