1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:52 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms rolling across The Lake Mead National Recreation Area knocked trees down at Cottonwood Cove and dumped heavy rain on Las Vegas Bay and Callville Bay.
Heavy rain fell over extreme southwest Clark County producing flash flooding between Goodsprings and Sandy Valley. Several areas of State Route 161 were washed out, especially in the vicinity of Columbia Pass (five miles southwest of Goodsprings). A spotter reported 1.2 inches of rain in the Sandy Valley.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, September 1997
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: 5619955, 5619956.