1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 8:30 AM PST, 5 hours earlier.
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 930 AM PDT FRI JUL 6 2001 SYNOPSIS...A FLOW OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE AN ACTIVE WEATHER DAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...BUT DETERMINING EXACTLY WHERE THE WORST WILL OCCUR IS PROBLEMATIC. DRA AND YUM SOUNDINGS NOT AVAILABLE BUT SATELLITE SOUNDER INDICATES GREATER THAN AN INCH OF PRECIPITABLE WATER ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH 1.5-1.75 INCHES SHOWING UP OVER SOUTHERN CA AND SOUTHWEST AZ. TO SAY THE LEAST THE AIR MASS IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH SOUNDER LIFTED INDICES OF -1 TO -4. MAIN FEATURE IS THE CIRCULATION OFF THE COAST OF BAJA LIFTING NORTH WITH ASSOCIATED JET MAX OF 40-50 KTS PUNCHING INTO SOUTHERN CA. DIVERGENCE ALOFT FROM JET MAX INCREASES OVER SOUTHERN NV AND NORTHWEST AZ THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE PARTIAL CLEARING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AZ WILL INCREASE HEATING/DESTABILIZATION WITH ANY STORMS PROPAGATING TO THE N-NW INTO NW ARIZONA. MODELS ALL AGREE THAT THE BETTER OMEGA AND DYNAMICS WILL BE ACROSS INYO...ESMERALDA AND NORTHERN NYE COUNTIES (WHERE STORMS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING). HOWEVER WITH UPPER DIVERGENCE INCREASING...SOUTHERN ZONES SHOULD GET INTO THE ACTION AS WELL. HAVE EXPANDED FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE MOHAVE COUNTY AS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS IS JUST TOO HIGH TO IGNORE. SPEED SHEAR AND DIVERGENCE ALSO INCREASE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS AS WELL. CURRENT FORECAST THEN HAS DECREASING PROBABILITIES OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR SATURDAY...BUT LATEST MODELS SUGGESTING THAT THIS MAY NOT BE THE CASE. BAJA COAST SHORT WAVE WEAKENS AND TRACKS ACROSS NV SATURDAY AND MAY AGAIN BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE WIDESPREAD STORMS. .LAS....A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RNOFFALAS STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain from thunderstorms produced 1.38 inches of rain in an hour. Significant flooding of area roads was noted.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, July 2001
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: 5256787.