Flooding in Nevada, February 6, 1998

Name: Flooding in Nevada, February 6, 1998
Start: 1998-02-06T21:30
End: 1998-02-06T23:30
Location: Nevada

February 6, 1998 · NWS VEF · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A wet Pacific Storm produced moderate to heavy rainfall over the Las Vegas Valley for a few hours during the evening. The resulting storm runoff filled some underpasses, drainage culverts and washes.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
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.

A wet Pacific Storm produced moderate to heavy rainfall over the Las Vegas Valley for a few hours during the evening. The resulting storm runoff filled some underpasses, drainage culverts and washes. Firefighters had to rescue a driver from one vehicle which was submerged near Oakey and Western. Two other vehicles were caught in drainage waters near Duck Creek Wash and Boulder Highway and the occupants had to be rescued.

The radar

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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Clark

When: February 6, 9:30 PM PST to 11:30 PM PST
Where: Clark County, Henderson
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Clark

When: February 6, 9:30 PM PST to 11:30 PM PST
Where: Clark County, Las Vegas
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, February 1998

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: 5634441, 5634877.