1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 2:20 PM PST, 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 320 PM PDT FRI JUL 7 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A RELATIVELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN NEVADA AND WESTERN ARIZONA INTO THE WEEKEND...RESULTING IN SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FAR WESTERN NEVADA AND MOST OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA WILL BE IN DRIER AIR...AND WILL SEE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND SEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES. && .SHORT TERM...CONVECTION FIRING UP TODAY ALTHOUGH GENERALLY NOT AS IMPRESSIVE LOOKING AS YESTERDAY...AT LEAST SO FAR. MAIN ACTIVITY LOCATED MOSTLY IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA WITH A LITTLE STARTING TO POP NEAR YUCCA VALLEY. ENDED UP USING LIGHTENING DETECTION AND SATELLITE ALONG WITH EDWARDS AND CEDAR CITY RADARS AS MAIN VEGAS RADAR IS STILL BEING REPAIRED DUE TO A LIGHTENING STRIKE FROM THE STORMS YESTERDAY. TECHNICIAN REPORTED MULTIPLE DAMAGES DUE TO THE LIGHTENING AND REPAIRS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED TOMORROW. OUTSIDE OF THE CWA...LOTS OF ACTIVITY OFF TO THE SOUTH AND EAST TOWARD PHOENIX AND FLAGSTAFF. UPPER DYNAMICS NOT TOO FAVORABLE OVER THE WEEKEND IN NEVADA OR WESTERN ARIZONA SO EXTREME THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK NOT ANTICIPATED. IN ADDITION...MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT MOISTURE DIMINISHING EACH DAY. KDRA PW SOUNDING WAS A THIRD OF AN INCH LOWER TODAY AT SIX TENTHS WHILE VEGAS SENSOR IS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED FROM YESTERDAY AT NEARLY AN INCH AND A QUARTER. THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THE VERY SHARP BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE MOIST AND DRY AIR. UNTIL THE MOISTURE IS FINALLY SCOURED OUT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS IN THE EASTERN THIRD CAN BE EXPECTED AT LEAST THROUGH SATURDAY. .LONG TERM...STILL LOOKING FOR A DRYING TREND IN THE EXTENDED. MOISTURE LINGERS IN PRIMARILY THE EASTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MODELS STILL SHOW SOUTHWEST FLOW WEDNESDAY ON. ECMWF HAS THE STRONGEST FLOW IN ASSOCIATION WITH A PRONOUNCED TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THURSDAY...WHICH I AM A BIT SCEPTICAL ABOUT. IN ANY CASE KEPT THE 20 POPS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY IN THE EAST AND THEN DRIED THE FORECAST AREA OUT AFTER THAT. RAISED TEMPERATURES A LITTLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS AIR SHOULD BE DRIER...BUT DID NOT GO AS HIGH AS 12Z GUIDANCE. && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LINGER OVER THE CLARK AND LINCOLN COUNTY MOUNTAINS UNTIL 04Z THIS EVENING. THERE WILL ALSO BE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE DAGGETT CORRIDOR UNTIL 04Z AS WELL. NOT EXPECTING ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY THIS EVENING. TOMORROW WILL SEE MORE AFTERNOON CONVECTION AROUND THE ENTIRE REGION. TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREA TERMINALS. SEE TAFS FOR KLAS... KVGT... KDRA... KBIH... KDAG... KEED. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...NONE. .AZ...NONE. .CA...NONE. BELL/JACQUES HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
More than a foot of water over Ghost Town Road.
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