Residents think it was a tornado.
The National Weather Service said it was probably a dust devil. Doug Wargo carries his wife, Mary Ellen, over the upturned boards and nails from debris that flew off the roof of their apartment during high winds Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Craig L. Moran . 5100 E. Tropicana Ave., a few miles east of McCarran International Airport. U.S. Highway 93 over the top of the dam and through Black Canyon.