Nevada in 2003 Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims of the year

NCEI has 164 storm events on record for Nevada in 2003.

FEMA has 4 disaster declarations for the state with a date in 2003.

OpenFEMA has 36 NFIP claims with a 2003 year of loss. The NFIP paid $961,823 on these claims.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.
This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.
It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026.

Storm events of 2003 by hazard

Storm events on record for Nevada in 2003, by hazard (NCEI)
Hazard	Storm events in 2003
Hail	3
Tornado	3
Flood	24
Wind	65
Winter	49
Heat	2
Fog	6
Other	12
All storm events	164

The counts have the events that NCEI records for a forecast zone.

Counties with a storm event in 2003

Counties of Nevada with a storm event on record in 2003, in name order
County	Storm events in 2003
Carson City	1
Churchill County	1
Clark County	3
Douglas County	2
Elko County	8
Eureka County	7
Humboldt County	12
Lander County	3
Lincoln County	1
Lyon County	3
Mineral County	1
Nye County	1
Pershing County	1
Washoe County	13
White Pine County	12

Events of 2003 with a tornado rating, damage, injuries or deaths

Storm events of 2003 in Nevada with a tornado rating, a damage estimate of $50,000 or more, an injury or a death in the NCEI record, in date order (40 events at most)
Date	County	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Deaths	Injuries	On record for
26 Mar 2003	Forecast zone	High Wind	64 mph	$25 thousand	0	1	County
18 Jun 2003	Forecast zone	Heat	not recorded	none	2	0	County
19 Jul 2003	Nye	Flash Flood	not recorded	$250 thousand	0	0	County
20 Jul 2003	Carson City	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	2	County
29 Jul 2003	Forecast zone	Heat	not recorded	none	1	0	County
2 Aug 2003	Washoe	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
2 Aug 2003	Washoe	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
19 Aug 2003	Clark	Flash Flood	not recorded	$2.0 million	0	0	County
29 Aug 2003	Humboldt	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County

A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record. Deaths and injuries are the direct and indirect counts of NCEI.

FEMA disaster declarations in 2003

Disaster declarations for Nevada with a date in 2003, with the count of counties that each names
Declared	Number	Type	Incident type	Title in the FEMA record	Counties
29 Sep 2003	FM-2499	Fire management assistance	Fire	NV - VOLTAIRE-2 FIRE - 09-29-2003	1
15 Jul 2003	FM-2479	Fire management assistance	Fire	NV-ROBB WILDFIRE-7-14-2003	1
11 Jul 2003	FM-2476	Fire management assistance	Fire	NV-RED ROCK FIRE 7-11-03	1
17 Jun 2003	FM-2469	Fire management assistance	Fire	NV - HIGHWAY-50 FIRE - 06/17/2003	1

NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. All years of Nevada