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Nevada Storm Alerts

Active National Weather Service hail, wind, thunderstorm, tornado, tropical and winter storm alerts covering Nevada, with the counties each one names and the office that issued it — plus what the state’s severe-weather season looks like and how each of these events actually damages a roof.

Below that, in its own lane, the smoke and fire family: fire weather, dense smoke, air quality, blowing dust and volcanic ashfall.

3 active alerts · read from the National Weather Service at Oct 10, 7:44 AM EDT · refreshed every 10 minutes

This page is informational and is not a safety resource. It exists to show roofing professionals where storm damage has been reported, and it is refreshed on a ten-minute cycle, so it can lag the Weather Service.

During an active weather event, the authority is weather.gov and your local emergency management agency. Follow them, not this page.

Active storm alerts in Nevada

Reproduced exactly as the National Weather Service issued them. Alerts frequently cross state lines, so a county list may name counties in a neighbouring state. Smoke and fire alerts are reported separately, in their own lane below.

Wind Advisory

ModerateUrgencyExpectedCertaintyLikely

Issued by NWS Elko NV

In effect from Oct 10, 11:00 AM local · until Oct 12, 5:00 AM local

Counties named in this alert

Southeastern Elko County
White Pine County
Northwestern Nye County
Northeastern Nye County

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NWS headline

Wind Advisory issued October 10 at 3:11AM PDT until October 12 at 5:00AM PDT by NWS Elko NV

NWS description

* WHAT...South to southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...White Pine, Southeastern Elko, Northeastern Nye, and Northwestern Nye Counties. * WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 5 AM PDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Strong winds this afternoon could cause blowing dust to reduce visibility to one mile or less in spots.

NWS instructions

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.

View this alert on weather.gov

Wind Advisory

ModerateUrgencyExpectedCertaintyLikely

Issued by NWS Las Vegas NV

In effect from Oct 10, 2:00 PM local · until Oct 12, 5:00 AM local

Counties named in this alert

Death Valley National Park
Esmeralda and Central Nye County
Lincoln County
Western Clark and Southern Nye County

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NWS headline

Wind Advisory issued October 9 at 11:52PM PDT until October 12 at 5:00AM PDT by NWS Las Vegas NV

NWS description

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...In California, Death Valley National Park. In Nevada, Esmeralda and Central Nye County, Lincoln County, and Western Clark and Southern Nye County. * WHEN...From 2 PM Saturday to 5 AM PDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...There will likely be a lull in the winds from late Saturday night through Sunday morning before winds increase once again Sunday afternoon.

NWS instructions

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.

View this alert on weather.gov

Wind Advisory

ModerateUrgencyExpectedCertaintyLikely

Issued by NWS Las Vegas NV

In effect from Oct 11, 2:00 AM local · until Oct 12, 5:00 AM local

Counties named in this alert

Northwest Plateau
Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave
Lake Mead - AZ side
Lake Mohave - AZ side
Hualapai Mountains
Northwest Deserts
Western Mojave Desert
Eastern Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve
Morongo Basin
Cadiz Basin
San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley
Northeast Clark County
Sheep Range
Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon
Las Vegas Valley
Southern Clark County
Lake Mead - NV side
Lake Mohave - NV side

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NWS headline

Wind Advisory issued October 9 at 11:52PM PDT until October 12 at 5:00AM PDT by NWS Las Vegas NV

NWS description

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts between 45 and 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest Arizona, southeast California, and southern Nevada. * WHEN...From 2 AM PDT /2 AM MST/ Sunday to 5 AM PDT /5 AM MST/ Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

NWS instructions

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.

View this alert on weather.gov

Radar over Nevada

Straight from radar.weather.gov and regenerated by NOAA roughly every two minutes.

National Weather Service radar for the Pacific Southwest, covering California and Nevada. — Where precipitation is falling over Nevada right now. The National Weather Service publishes these mosaics by region rather than by state, so the frame runs past the state line and neighbouring states are visible in it. Radar shows precipitation, not damage — a return over a county is not evidence that any particular building was hit.
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This radar is informational and is not a safety resource. During an active weather event, the authority is weather.gov and your local emergency management agency. Follow them, not this page.

Smoke & fire lane

Smoke & fire alerts in Nevada

The National Weather Service issues a separate family of alerts for fire weather, dense smoke, air quality, blowing dust and volcanic ashfall. This lane reports that family for Nevada, kept apart from the storm alerts above because the two answer different questions.

Wildfire smoke is what drives smoke-damage losses, and it reaches a building through the same vents that keep an attic dry — which is why it belongs on a roofing page at all. Alerts describing particulate already in the air are listed ahead of fire-weather forecasts; that ordering is this lane’s own and is not a Weather Service ranking.

2 active smoke or fire alerts · read from the National Weather Service at Oct 10, 7:44 AM EDT · refreshed every 10 minutes

Red Flag Warning

Fire weatherSevereUrgencyExpectedCertaintyLikely

Issued by NWS Elko NV

In effect from Oct 10, 11:00 AM local · until Oct 10, 11:00 PM local

Counties named in this alert

Southeastern Humboldt County and northern Lander County
Humboldt County - Quinn
Western Elko County, northern Eureka and Lander Counties north of Interstate 80
Central Elko County
Eastern Elko County

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NWS headline

Red Flag Warning issued October 10 at 3:05AM PDT until October 10 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Elko NV

NWS description

* Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 424 Southeastern Humboldt County and northern Lander County. Fire Weather Zone 437 Humboldt County-Quinn, Fire Weather Zone 438 W Elko County, N Eureka and Lander Counties N of I80, Fire Weather Zone 469 Central Elko County and Fire Weather Zone 470 Eastern Elko County. * WIND...Sustained Southwest winds of 15-25 mph gusting 25-40 mph. * HUMIDITY...Humidity as low as 15-25%. * Impacts...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. High winds may impact active wildfires to spread further. Outdoor burning is not recommended. The combination of gusty winds and low humidity will create critical fire weather conditions.

NWS instructions

A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.

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Red Flag Warning

Fire weatherSevereUrgencyExpectedCertaintyLikely

Issued by NWS Reno NV

In effect from Oct 10, 11:00 AM local · until Oct 10, 9:00 PM local

Counties named in this alert

Southern Mono County
Northern Sierra Front - Carson City/Douglas/Storey/Southern Washoe/Eastern Lyon/Far Southern Lassen Counties
Southern Sierra Front - Alpine/Northern Mono/Southern Lyon/Western Mineral Counties
West Humboldt Basin - Pershing County
Lahontan Basin - Churchill and Eastern Mineral Counties

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NWS headline

Red Flag Warning issued October 10 at 1:12AM PDT until October 10 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS Reno NV

NWS description

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 274 Southern Mono County, 420 Northern Sierra Front including Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Southern Washoe, Western Lyon, and Far Southern Lassen Counties, 421 Southern Sierra Front including Alpine, Northern Mono, Southern Lyon, and Western Mineral Counties, 423 West Humboldt Basin in Pershing County, and 429 Lahontan Basin including Churchill and Eastern Mineral Counties. * TIMING...From 11 AM this morning to 9 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 35 to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum Humidity between 14 to 22 percent. * DURATION...3 to 6 hours. * IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and prolonged dry conditions, even in areas where humidity may not be as low, can cause fires to rapidly grow in size and intensity before first responders can contain them.

NWS instructions

Avoid outdoor activities that can cause a spark near dry vegetation, such as yard work, target shooting, or campfires. Follow local fire restrictions. Check weather.gov/reno for updates and livingwithfire.info for preparedness tips.

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The 12 alert types this lane reports

Every one is a National Weather Service product and is listed under the name the Weather Service gives it. Grouping them into families is ours; the names are not.

Fire weather: Fire WarningExtreme Fire DangerRed Flag WarningFire Weather Watch
Dense smoke: Dense Smoke Advisory
Air quality: Air Quality Alert
Blowing dust: Blowing Dust WarningDust Storm WarningBlowing Dust AdvisoryDust Advisory
Volcanic ashfall: Ashfall WarningAshfall Advisory

The Weather Service defines each of these products and this site does not attempt to. What any one of them means, and the criteria an office issues it under, are at weather.gov.

This lane is informational and is not a safety resource. It reports which National Weather Service smoke and fire alerts are active and where, on a ten-minute refresh cycle, so it can lag the Weather Service.

During an active weather event, the authority is weather.gov and your local emergency management agency. Follow them, not this page.

Smoke exposure and air quality are health matters, and this page does not address them. It does not tell you whether it is safe to be outdoors or to work, what an air quality index number means for you or for anyone in your household, or what respiratory protection to use. Those questions belong with a clinician and with the agency that issued the alert. The federal air-quality authority is airnow.gov.

What smoke does to a roof assembly

An active alert is a record of conditions, not a finding about any building. These are the standing references on the building-assembly side of a smoke or fire loss.

Smoke odor in roof decking and attic insulationWhy odor outlives the visible repairs — deposition into bare decking and framing, insulation acting as a reservoir, and the difference between cleaning, sealing and removing. The article that covers wildfire smoke reaching an attic through the vents, with the roof itself untouched.Fire damage to a roof assemblyDirect flame against radiant heat, shingle distortion and mat delamination, charred sheathing and loss of section, and why a roof that looks intact from the ground can still be condemned.Roof replacement after a fireHow the repair-or-replace decision is built on a fire loss: partial against full deck replacement, the boundary between charred and heat-affected wood, matching, and the code upgrades a repair can trigger.Ventilation holes and fire department roof damageFire crews cut the roof on purpose. What vertical ventilation is for, how tactical damage is separated from fire damage in a scope, and what an opened deck needs in the meantime.Smoke Mitigation Network — directory listingLaboratory smoke damage testing and documentation, listed under Restoration & Mitigation → Smoke Damage Testing & Assessment. Whether a building is contaminated is established by sampling rather than by looking at it. The listing discloses that it shares ownership with this directory.

Severe weather season in Nevada

Peak season

July–September in the south, November–March in the north

Southern Nevada’s damaging weather comes with the monsoon, when thunderstorm outflow drives strong wind and blowing dust ahead of any rain. The north and the Sierra front are a winter story instead, with Pacific systems bringing wind and mountain snow loading. Non-convective wind advisories through the basins are a recurring source of uplift independent of any thunderstorm.

Seasons describe a pattern, not a schedule. The National Weather Service issues these products year-round, and the live list above is the only authority on what is actually running in Nevada right now.

What NOAA has recorded in Nevada

The archived record, not the live feed. Severe weather logged by the National Centers for Environmental Information over the covered years, split into the events NOAA keys to a county and the events it keys to a forecast zone.

Between 2016 and 2026, NOAA recorded 494 county-level severe-weather events across Nevada: 423 thunderstorm wind events, 60 hail reports, 10 tornadoes and 1 high wind event. Of the 60 hail reports carrying a measured size, 31 were 1.00 in across or larger.

A further 2,707 events over the same period were recorded against National Weather Service forecast zones rather than counties — 1,715 high wind events, 908 heavy snow events, 51 strong wind events, 32 winter storms and 1 blizzard. A forecast zone is not a county: it can span several or subdivide one, so these are reported here at state level and appear in no county total on this site.

County-keyed events

494

2016–2026

Zone-keyed events

2,707

statewide, not county-attributable

Hail 1.00 in or larger

of 60 sized hail reports

Tornadoes

in the county record

Counties with the heaviest record

Ranked by the number of county-keyed events NOAA recorded, 2016–2026. 15 of Nevada’s counties carry a record in this dataset.

Clark County152largest hail 2.00 in (Baseball) · peak gust 68 kt (about 78 mph)
Nye County98largest hail 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) · peak gust 86 kt (about 99 mph)
Elko County80largest hail 1.75 in (Golf Ball) · peak gust 71 kt (about 82 mph)
Humboldt County34largest hail 1.50 in (Ping Pong Ball) · peak gust 86 kt (about 99 mph)
Eureka County29largest hail 1.50 in (Ping Pong Ball) · peak gust 79 kt (about 91 mph)
White Pine County21largest hail 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) · peak gust 73 kt (about 84 mph)
Lincoln County18peak gust 70 kt (about 81 mph)
Pershing County14peak gust 76 kt (about 87 mph)

Preliminary — not yet in the permanent archive

25 further preliminary storm reports have been filed against Nevada counties since June 1, 2026. They are counted separately from every archived figure above and are not added to any of them.

Preliminary reports covering 2026-05-31 onward come from National Weather Service storm reports filed as events occur. They have not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive, and individual reports may later be revised, combined or withdrawn.

County figures and state figures. County figures count events NOAA recorded against a county (hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes). High wind, winter storms, ice storms, blizzards, heavy snow, hurricanes and tropical storms are recorded against National Weather Service forecast zones rather than counties, so they are reported at state level instead. Counts reflect events that were observed and reported. NOAA does occasionally record one of those against a county instead. Where it has, the event sits in the county-keyed total above rather than the zone-keyed one — in Nevada that applies to high wind events.

Source. Archived figures come from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database, covering 2016 through May 31, 2026. Reports after that date come from NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports. Both are US Government works in the public domain. This is a record of past weather; the live alert list at the top of this page is the only authority on what is running in Nevada now.

What these storms do to a roof

The damage mechanisms that matter in Nevada, in the order they generate work here.

Hail

Hail damages an asphalt shingle in two ways at once. The impact knocks granules off the surface, and it can bruise or fracture the asphalt mat underneath without breaking the surface open. Granules are what shield the asphalt from ultraviolet light, so a roof that has lost them ages faster from that point on. A fractured mat is the reason hail damage is often described as latent: the roof may not leak the week of the storm, and the failure shows up later. On metal panels and metal accessories, hail leaves dents, which raises the separate question of whether the damage is cosmetic or has actually compromised the panel or its coating.

Straight-line wind

Wind damage on a shingle roof usually starts as a broken seal rather than a missing shingle. Uplift pressure is highest at the edges — rakes, eaves, ridges and hips — and along any line where the roof plane changes, so that is where tabs lift and the factory sealant strip lets go first. Once the seal is broken, a shingle that still looks fine from the ground is no longer bonded to the course below it and every later wind event works on the same spot. Wind also drives debris, and impact damage from a branch or from another roof’s material is a separate mechanism from uplift.

Snow load and winter storms

Winter loads a roof rather than striking it. Accumulated snow is a sustained weight on the structure, and drifting means the load is rarely spread evenly — it piles against ridges, dormers, valleys and the low side of any change in roof height. Melt-and-refreeze adds the second mechanism: heat escaping through the roof melts snow that then refreezes at the cold eave, and the resulting ice can back water up under the covering, which sheds water flowing downhill but not water standing still.

Why the storm date matters

Property insurance works from a date of loss — a specific storm on a specific day over a specific area, not a general observation that a roof looks worn. That is why the county list and the effective and expiry times on each alert above are the useful part of this page: they are the National Weather Service’s own record that a given event covered a given county at a given time.

It also matters because hail damage is frequently latent. A fractured shingle mat can take a long time to become a leak, so the gap between the storm and the discovery can be considerable — and by then, establishing which storm did it is a records question rather than an observation. An alert naming a county is not evidence that any particular building was damaged; it is evidence of what the weather was doing over that county, which is where an assessment starts rather than where it ends.

Next steps in Nevada

Roofing contractors in NevadaBrowse the Nevada directory by city and county.Nevada licensing rulesWhether roofers must be licensed here, which board issues it, and the bond and insurance rules.Storm damage roof repair guideHow hail and wind damage is identified, documented and repaired.National storm centerActive alerts across all 50 states and DC, busiest first.

Source: the National Weather Service. Every alert on this page comes from the NWS public alerts feed at api.weather.gov, a free US Government service, and is reproduced as the issuing office wrote it. The office that issued each alert is named on the alert itself.

This site does not edit, summarise or re-grade Weather Service text. Alerts are filtered into two separate lists — the event types that affect roofs, and the smoke, fire and airborne-particulate family — and each list is sorted. Nothing else is changed, and no alert is moved between the two lists to suit a heading.

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