Thunderstorm Wind in Churchill County, Nevada

Thunderstorm Wind August 8, 2017 · Churchill County, Nevada

61 mph

Measured gust (53 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A pulse thunderstorm produced a 53-knot peak gust at the Hot Springs Mountain HADS site.

The wider storm

Showers and thunderstorms developed each afternoon August 6th'9th as an upper-level area of low pressure slowly moved into the Great Basin. Some of these thunderstorms produced strong wind gusts and flash flooding.

Began near Parran (39.7500, -118.7800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 720440. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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