Flooding in Nevada, January 11 to 12, 2005

Name: Flooding in Nevada, January 11 to 12, 2005
Start: 2005-01-11T03:00
End: 2005-01-12T22:00
Location: Nevada

January 11 to 12, 2005 · NWS VEF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Jan 10, 3:40 PM PST, 11 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 3:40 PM PST, 11 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
340 PM PST MON JAN 10 2005

.SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE INLAND TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF NEVADA
TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW WITH
HEAVY SNOW IN THE SIERRA AND FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS.
PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AS THE LOW MOVES EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.
DRY NORTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY.
&&

.SHORT TERM...UPPER LOW NOW CENTERED JUST OFF THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE INLAND TONIGHT. GENERALLY SCATTERED
SHOWERS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE FAR WEST
TONIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA. FAIRLY MOIST
SOUTHWEST FLOW SHOULD KEEP SOME DECENT SNOW GOING AT THE HIGH
ELEVATIONS OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS ALTOUGH THE GFS NO OUTPUTTING
MUCH QPF. BELIEVE THE MESO-ETA DOING BETTER KEEPING PRECIPITATION
GOING THERE. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD TUESDAY AS
THE LOW MOVES OVER THE AREA. AGAIN EXPECTING HEAVY SNOW IN THE
SIERRA AND SPRING MOUNTAINS. GFS REALLY IMPROVING THINGS IN THE
AFTERNOON BUT WITH THE LOW OVERHEAD...EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AT LEAST IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES.
SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF IN THE SIERRA BY LATE MORNING BUT EXPECT HEAVY
SNOW AT TIMES TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON OVER THE SPRING
MOUNTAINS AND EXTENDING THE WINTER STORM UNTIL 4 PM TUESDAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL LINGER TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE THINGS PRETTY
MUCH CLEAR OUT OVERNIGHT WITH THE LOW MOVING EAST OF THE AREA.
EXPECT DRY NORTHWEST FLOW WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
&&

.LONG TERM...CONTINUED GREAT AGREEMENT AMONG MEDIUM RANGE MODELS
WITH AMPLIFIED PACIFIC RIDGE BUILDING EAST OVER THE WESTERN US
THROUGH SATURDAY. GFS/EURO STILL BRINGING A SYSTEM THROUGH THE RIDGE
ON SUNDAY...BUT THE GFS TAKES IT OFF THE COAST OF BAJA AS A LOW AND
THE EURO BRINGS IT INTO NV/UT BY MONDAY MORNING AS A WEAK OPEN
TROUGH. KEPT FORECAST DRY WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUDS MOVING IN.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE CLOSE TO NORMAL.
&&

.AVIATION...CEILINGS SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN AROUND 8000 FEET LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER ISOLATED SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH
THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP CEILINGS DOWN TO NEAR
5000 FEET. ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. TIMING IS STILL DIFFICULT TO
PINPOINT...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SHOWERS WILL BEGIN AROUND 09Z WITH THE
BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN BETWEEN 12Z AND 21Z. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LOWER WITH THIS SECOND ROUND...WITH CEILINGS DROPPING TO AT
OR BELOW 3000 FEET. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE RAPIDLY AFTER 21Z
TOMORROW...AND HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IN DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE REST
OF THE WEEK.
&&

.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 4 PM TUESDAY ABOVE 7500 FEET FOR
ZONES 18 AND 19.
.AZ...NONE.
.CA...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY FOR ZONE 26 ABOVE
7000 FEET. DENSE FOR ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR THE MORONGO VALLEY IN ZONE
28.
&&

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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Lincoln T Sc

When: January 11, 3:00 AM PST to January 12, 10:00 PM PST
Where: Lincoln T Sc forecast zone
Property damage: $20 million
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.643, -114.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rains and rapid snow melt caused extensive flooding along the Virgin River and the Muddy Rivers in southern Lincoln and northeast Clark counties. Over 200 homes in the Overton, Mesquite, Caliente, and Littlefield areas were damaged or destroyed by flood waters. Several hundred people were evacuated and spent several nights in shelters and several roads throughout the region were washed away. A train carrying kitchen supplies had also overturned due to the weakening of the dirt beneath the tracks.

Flood, Northeast Clark

When: January 11, 3:00 AM PST to January 12, 10:00 PM PST
Where: Northeast Clark forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.100, -117.117

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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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: 5434641, 5436488.