1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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, 1:40 PM PST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 240 PM PDT FRI SEP 10 2004 .SYNOPSIS...MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON. DRIER...MORE STABLE AIR IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST BY SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 2-3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN LOWER TO BELOW NORMAL AGAIN DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING FROM DRA SHOWED SOME NOTICEABLE DRYING TAKING PLACE...ESPECIALLY IN THE SFC-700MB LAYER. 12Z RAOB SUGGESTED AFTERNOON CAPE OF 2000 J/KG AT MAX HEATING BUT THE 18Z LAUNCH INDICATES MORE LIKE 700 J/KG AND LI OF ABOUT -3C. WINDS ALOFT OVER DRA WERE WEAKER AT 18Z ALSO...SUPPORTED BY WV LOOP AND SAT/ACFT WINDS WHICH INDICATE JET MAX NOW LIFTING OUT ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH. THUS WHILE THERE IS STILL SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...THE COVERAGE IS NOT AS WIDESPREAD AS YESTERDAY. HOWEVER...MODERATE BUOYANCY FROM LAS VEGAS SOUTH COMBINED WITH LOCALLY FAVORABLE STORM-RELATIVE SHEAR WILL PROBABLY PRODUCE A FEW ROTATING STORMS THAT COULD GENERATE AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND REPORT OR SOME DIME-SIZED HAIL. BEST POTENTIAL WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TWENTYNINE PALMS TO MOUNTAIN PASS TO MEADVIEW. WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS FOR SATURDAY..BUT EAST PAC TROUGH SHOULD LEAD TO SUBSTANTIAL DRYING BY SUNDAY. INCREASED MIXING SHOULD COUNTERACT THE MODEST HEIGHT FALLS RESULTING IN A LITTLE WARMING ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A DEEPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE WEST EARLY WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SEVERAL DEGREES OF COOLING FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. && .LONG TERM...MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RUNS. SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXITING JUST TO THE EAST MONDAY WITH MODERATE TO WEAK WESTERLY FLOW TUESDAY. BROAD TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST STILL PROGGED TO DEEPEN OVER THE FAR WESTERN U.S. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. GFS AND DGEX KEEP THE AIRMASS OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT QUITE DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD WHICH LOOKS REASONABLE. SO EXPECTING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND A COOLING TREND FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. && .AVIATION....TAF ADEQUATELY COVERS ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED AT KLAS. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...NONE. .AZ...NONE. .CA...NONE. && RUNK/JACQUES
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
321 PM PDT FRI SEP 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 E TWENTYNINE PALMS 34.14N 115.98W
09/10/2004 SAN BERNARDINO CA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
VEHICLES UNDER WATER IN WONDER VALLEY SUB DIVISION
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JACQUESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
348 PM PDT FRI SEP 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM FLASH FLOOD 6 E TWENTYNINE PALMS 34.14N 115.96W
09/10/2004 SAN BERNARDINO CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SWIFT WATER RESUES IN PROGRESS IN WONDER VALLEY
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JACQUESThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A tow truck driver was in the process of hooking up a winch to a stalled vehicle when lightning struck. The driver of the stalled car was killed and the tow truck driver was taken to the hospital.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, San Bernardino | 2004-09-10 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in California, September 2004
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: 5422432.