Flash Flood in Nevada, August 29, 2000

Name: Flash Flood in Nevada, August 29, 2000
Start: 2000-08-29T19:00
End: 2000-08-29T22:00
Location: Nevada

August 29, 2000 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $200,000
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.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Clark

When: August 29, 7:00 PM PST to 10:00 PM PST
Where: Clark County, Las Vegas
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rainfall in and around the Las Vegas Valley caused flash flooding through much of the town. Rainfall amounts of 1-2 inches had fallen in just under 2 hours over many parts of the Valley. Several roads were closed and 10-15 swift water rescues where performed. Several homes received damage due to water running through them.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, August 2000

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: 5171977.