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 Nov 30, 3:00 PM PST, 3 hours earlier.
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 300 PM PST SAT NOV 30 2002 .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS TO THE VALLEYS AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. HOWEVER THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST DURING THE NIGHT RESULTING IN DRIER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND THE MOHAVE DESERT ON SUNDAY AND INTO THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. .DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS SLOWLY WEAKENING AS IT CONTINUES TO THE NORTHEAST. CONSIDERABLE INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE LOW AS VARIOUS VORT LOBES ROTATE AROUND LOW. OMEGA RAPIDLY DECREASES OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE...WITH LIS INCREASE TO POSITIVE VALUES BY 12Z SUNDAY...WHICH ALL GOES WITH LOW SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED TSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MANAGED TO POP OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES THROUGHOUT THE DAY...BUT LOSES THE DYNAMICS TO SUSTAIN ITSELF AS IT MOVES FURTHER NORTH INTO CENTRAL NEVADA. AS LOW SHIFTS EAST TONIGHT...BEST DYNAMICS TO SHIFT OUT OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT ENOUGH INSTABILITY REMAINING OVER LINCOLN/NRN MOHAVE COUNTY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE EXPECTED INTO THE SIERRA OVERNIGHT...BUT UPPER FLOW SWITCHES TO MORE NORTH EARLY SUNDAY FOR RAPID DRYING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON LOW FORECAST TO OPEN UP AND BECOME EAST-WEST TROUGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA INTO MONDAY BEFORE FINALLY SHIFTING COMPLETELY OUT OF THE AREA INTO TUESDAY AS RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. VARIABLE MID/HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE TO REMAIN CAUGHT IN THE FLOW THROUGH MONDAY FOR PC SKIES WHILE RIDGE ON TUESDAY SHOULD BRING PLENTY OF SUN. TEMPS SHOULD WARM ON SUNDAY WITH MORE SUN MOST AREAS...BUT NORTHERLY FLOW WILL NOT ALLOW FOR MUCH WARMING INTO THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. .IN THE EXTENDED...AN ELONGATED SHORTWAVE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. ALL OF THE DYNAMICS WILL BE WELL NORTH AND EAST AND SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OTHER THAN TO PROVIDE SOME CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. BEYOND THAT SYSTEM A SHORTWAVE RIDGE BUILDS IN AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW AND SHOULD PROVIDE A COUPLE OF NICE DAYS ACROSS THE REGION WITH NEAR NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AT THIS POINT THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE NEXT LOW INTO THE WEST COAST IS STILL IN QUESTION. THE ECMWF AND UKMET ARE SLOWER THAN THE GFS. THE LATEST GFS WEAKENS AND OPENS THE LOW AS IT MOVES INTO CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY. AT THIS POINT I FAVOR THE ECMWF AND UKMET SOLUTIONS WITH A SLOWER PROGRESSION. CURRENTLY WE ARE HOLDING BACK ANY MENTION OF POPS AND INTRODUCE SOME CLOUDS LATE ON FRIDAY IN THE NORTHWEST CWA AND ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE NEXT DAY OR SO WE MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER INTRODUCING SOME CHANCE POPS ON SATURDAY WHEN MORE CONFIDENCE IS GAINED. JENSEN/CZYZYK .LAS...NONE.
AZZ001>003-036-CAZ026>029-NVZ013>022-010200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 600 AM PST SAT NOV 30 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA/SOUTHERN NEVADA/NORTHWEST ARIZONA .DAY ONE... A PACIFIC STORM WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA BY SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7000 FEET TODAY...ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OBSERVED IN THE VALLEYS AND DESERTS BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. LINGERING SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY WILL END BY MONDAY AS THE STORM WEAKENS AND MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. A DRY PATTERN WILL MOVE IN AND REMAIN THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A fast moving rain storm produced just over half an inch of rain over north Las Vegas. The runoff in the cities drainage system caused flash flooding which trapped four homeless men. One man drowned and another was injured.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Clark | 2002-11-30 | 57 | Male | Other | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, November 2002
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: 5321721.