Flood, Clark
- When
- July 28, 10:00 AM PST to 11:00 AM PST
- Where
- Clark County, Las Vegas
- Coordinates
- 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood and Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 28, 1997
Thunderstorms rolling through the Las Vegas Valley produced lightning and winds which interrupted power to approximately 4,100 people for a few hours. Also, locally heavy rain caused street flooding and water filled drainages.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Thunderstorms rolling through the Las Vegas Valley produced lightning and winds which interrupted power to approximately 4,100 people for a few hours. Also, locally heavy rain caused street flooding and water filled drainages. One car had to be pulled out of water at an underpass.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 28, 10:20 AM PST
- Where
- Clark County, Henderson
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -114.980
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 28, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Texas, July 28, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, July 28, 1997
- Heat in North Carolina, July 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in West Virginia, July 28, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 28 to 29, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 28, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, July 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, July 1997
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: 5610209, 5610208.