Nevada, 2001

Flash Flood in Nevada, July 7, 2001

July 7, 2001 · 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
None recorded
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.

What forecasters said that day

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 7, 9:00 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 9:00 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1000 AM PDT SAT JUL 7 2001

SYNOPSIS...A FLOW OF DEEP MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT THROUGH TODAY. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE PRODUCING ANOTHER
ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. A
REPEAT OF THIS PATTERN IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...THEN A SLIGHT DRYING
TREND IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY FOR A DECREASE IN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.

DISCUSSION...WV LOOP SHOWS LOW CENTERED NEAR 31N/127W WITH DEEP
MOISTURE STREAMING UP TOWARD SRN CA COAST FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
LOW. MOISTURE AND CLOUDINESS FROM YESTERDAYS SYSTEM IS STILL FROM
SIERRAS AND ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NV AND DRIFTING NORTH. DRY
AREA IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS IS IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS OVER SE CA.
VERY MOIST AT THE LOWER LEVELS AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS
THE ENITRE CWA. CU IS ALREADY FORMING OVER THE HIGH TERRAINS AND IT
SHOULD BE ANOTHER BUSY AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE WITH FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR INYO AND MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. AT THIS POINT IT
LOOKS LIKE THE SHORTWAVE OFF THE SRN CA COAST WILL DRIFT NE...TOWARD
CA DESERT ZONES THIS AFTERNOON...GIVING GOOD REASONING FOR THE MOST
WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE ACTIVITY THERE.

THIS SHORTWAVE WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY
TOWARD NERN CWA. THIS MAY MEAN THAT SUNDAY COULD BE AS OR MORE
ACTIVE THAN TODAY. MAYBE SOME DRYING ON MONDAY AS THE SHORTWAVE
EXITS TO THE NE AND A MORE SW FLOW BEGINS? FINGERS ARE CROSSED.  SL

.LAS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST RNOFFALAS STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Clark

When
July 7, 1:30 PM PST to 2:30 PM PST
Where
Clark County, West Central Portion
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rain which closed Spring Mountain Ranch State Park. The park service recorded 1.38 inches of rain in a two hour period.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5256793.