Pershing County, Nevada
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1961 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
0
Tornado reports
1
Hail reports
2
Floods since 1996
42
All events
0
Deaths
$250K
Property damage
Year by year
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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.
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Mesonet station TORNV 9.8 NE Trinity Junction measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 76 mph. Also, mesonet station UP970 Oreana measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 51 mph. Finally, the AWOS KNFL Fallon NAS measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
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Nevada Department of Transportation mesonet station TORNV 9.8 miles NE of Trinity Junction. This station also recorded a 62 mph thunderstorm wins gust 6:19 PM.
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Mesonet station 9.8 northeast of Trinity Junction.
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Thunderstorm outflow gusts 10 NNE of Trinity Junction.
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Peak outflow gust at TORNV 9.8 NE Trinity Junction.
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Peak outflow wind gust. Majuba RAWS. Station Elevation: 5292 ft.
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A mesonet station (MJBN2-Majuba) located 21.0 mi WNW of Imlay, NV, reported 24 hour rainfall totaling 0.55 inches.
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A mesonet station (MJBN2-Majuba) located 21.0 mi WNW of Imlay, NV reported a total rainfall amount of 0.68 inches.
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The public located 11.0 mi NE Gerlach, NV reported that the 24 hr storm total rainfall amount of 0.6-0.8 inches had fallen during Burning Man Festival at Black Rock City, NV.
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Black Rock Playa RAWS. Gust from thunderstorm outflow boundary with some dust involved.
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Majuba RAWS peak wind gust during preceding hour, from high based t-storms over a very dry low level airmass.
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Isolated thunderstorms produced strong winds in Pershing County with areas of blowing dust.
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Majuba RAWS, peak gust during preceding hour.
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NDOT weather station reported 62 MPH gusts from a weak shower/t-storm. At 557 PM a weak cell produced gusts to 56 MPH near Gerlach.
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NDOT mesonet station 10 miles north-northeast of Trinity Junction recorded a 64 mph wind gust from the outflow of a nearby thunderstorm on 8 August 1457PST.
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Mesonet BRPN2 near Black Rock Playa reported 0.73 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 December 0637PST to 25 December 0637PST. Mesonet elevation 3911 feet MSL.
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The Black Rock Playa RAWS sensor (BRPN2; elevation 3911 feet) reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Nevada Department of Transportation reported a washout/water over the roadway at mile marker 55 on Nevada Highway 447 in Pershing County. Heavy rains from showers and thunderstorms likely came down an alluvial fan near either the Limbo or Tohakum 2 fire burn scar leading to the w…
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ASOS LOL, Lovelock Derby Field airport (elevation 3901 feet) reported 0.53 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0353PST to 7 April 0353PST.
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Mesonet station MJBN2, 20 miles west-northwest of Imlay (elevation 5293 feet) reported 0.77 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0847PST to 7 April 0847PST.
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CoCoRaHS station NV-PR-4, Lovelock reported 0.77 inches of rainfall during a 24 hour time period from 6 April 0600PST to 7 April 0600PST.
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A strong thunderstorm located near Lovelock Airport produced a wind gust of 59 knots.
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The wind gust was measured at Lovelock-Derby Field. The wind was generated by outflow from earlier thunderstorms.
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Measured at the Majuba mesonet site.
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This gust was measured at the Bluewing Mt RAWS.
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The Nevada DOT wind sensor near Toulon recorded a wind gust of 60 kt (69 mph).
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A 56 knot (64 mph) wind gust was recorded at the Lovelock airport.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 |
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