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 Aug 9, 1:28 PM PST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 228 PM PDT WED AUG 9 2006 .SYNOPSIS...MOIST MONSOON AIR IS IN PLACE OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA AND WILL BE SO FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO THESE AREAS AS WELL. CENTRAL NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA WILL STAY RELATIVELY DRY THE REST OF THE WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...CONVECTION NEVER WENT AWAY FROM LAST NIGHTS ACTIVITY. SEVERE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN SOUTHER CLARK AND IN MOHAVE COUNTIES. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS CONSIDERABLY MOISTEN THE LAST 24 HOURS WITH ABOUT AN INCH INCREASE IN PW. THE MOIST AIR IS UNSTABLE WITH ACARS REPORTS SHOWING SOUTHERN NEVADA STILL BEING IN THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF THE JET. EXPECT THE MOISTURE TO STICK AROUND THE NEXT FEW DAYS. GFS AND NAM BOTH KEEP THE MOISTURE IN MOHAVE CLARK AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. EXPECT A CONTINUED ROUND OF DIURNAL STORMS EACH DAY WITH THE MAIN FOCUS BEING IN HIGH TERRAIN. THE EXTENDED SHOWS A DRYING TREND THIS WEEKEND AS A TROUGH APPROACHES THE COAST. .LONG TERM...LITTLE CHANGE TO EXTENDED FORECAST. EXPECT LIMITED MOISTURE TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS MOHAVE COUNTY THROUGH THE PERIOD ALLOWING FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN DOMINATED BY DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW AS A TROF LINGERS ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST. TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE TEMPS REMAINING NEAR NORMAL WITH LITTLE DAY TO DAY CHANGE. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PEACH SPRINGS CORRIDOR THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY LINGERING OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT. EXPECT TO SEE MORE SCATTERED ACTIVITY TOMORROW AFTERNOON OVER THE PEACH SPRINGS AND MORMON MESA CORRIDORS.TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREA TERMINALS. SEE TAFS FOR KLAS... KVGT... KDRA... KBIH... KDAG... KEED... FOR DETAILS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...NONE. .AZ...NONE. .CA...NONE. JACQUES/MOSES HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1126 AM PDT WED AUG 9 2006 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-100930- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 1126 AM PDT WED AUG 9 2006 /1126 AM MST WED AUG 9 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY IN MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA AND CLARK COUNTY NEVADA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR THE MOHAVE COUNTY STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE LOCAL FLOODING. IN CLARK COUNTY THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TTHUNDERSTORMSARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHER NEVADA SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA EACH DAY TROUGH SATURDAY AND MOISTURE MONSOON AIR OVERLAYS THESE AREAS. DRY IS EXPECTED SUNDAY ONWARDS .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JACQUES
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two inches of rain fell at Nelson Landing in about an hour. Four cars were stuck in mud on Placer Rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, August 2006
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: 5525727.