1 heavy rain, 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 Sep 10, 2:30 PM PST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 330 PM PDT TUE SEP 10 2002 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN BAJA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARIZONA TONIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL ENHANCE THE POSSIBILITY OF NOCTURNAL CONVECTION ACROSS MOHAVE COUNTY TONIGHT. AS THE LOW SLOWLY DRIFTS EAST THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA ON FRIDAY. A DRY NORTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. .DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN BAJA BEGINNING TO LIFT NORTHEAST WITH CONVECTION STARTING TO BREAK OUT OVER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. AS LOW LIFTS INTO SOUTHWEST ARIZONA TONIGHT DYNAMICS INCREASING FAVORABLE ACROSS MOHAVE COUNTY FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS AS WELL AS NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY. WITH DEEPER MOISTURE AND H700/H250 COUPLET THE STORMS SHOULD BE FROM THE COLORADO RIVER EAST. UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY LIFT EAST WEDNESDAY WITH DRIER/STABLE ATMOSPHERE SPREADING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. LINGERING MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AGAIN BEST FROM THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY ZONES EAST. BY THURSDAY...ANY STORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO LINCOLN/NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. IN THE EXTENDED...DISCOUNTED THE 12Z AVN FOR THE TIME BEING. 12Z AVN MUCH FASTER WITH TROUGH APPROACHING THE WEST COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK VERSUS OTHER MODELS. CONTINUED DRY WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. PIERCE .LAS..NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The Kingman ASOS recorded 0.85 inches of rain in an hour. This caused several large puddles to form around the airport. A dirt road in the vicinity of the airport was damaged due to the excessive run-off.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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