Heavy Rain, Clark
- When
- July 28, 1:00 PM PST to 1:45 PM PST
- Where
- Clark County, Las Vegas
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Nevada, July 28, 1996
Heavy downpours from a thunderstorm which moved over the southeast part of the Las Vegas Valley produced local street flooding and resulted in the collapse of a warehouse store roof. No injuries occurred.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
Heavy downpours from a thunderstorm which moved over the southeast part of the Las Vegas Valley produced local street flooding and resulted in the collapse of a warehouse store roof. No injuries occurred.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 28, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, July 28, 1996
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 28, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, July 28, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 28, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 28, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, July 28, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, July 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 28, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5558101.