After a short dry spell, another push of monsoon moisture fueled more thunderstorms over the Mojave Desert, some of which produced flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
After a short dry spell, another push of monsoon moisture fueled more thunderstorms over the Mojave Desert, some of which produced flash flooding.
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 Jul 25, 8:22 PM MST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 822 PM PDT FRI JUL 25 2014 SYNOPSIS...MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE NEAR NORMAL. && .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE THIS EVENING TO ADJUST WORDING FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ANALYSIS OF CURRENT TRENDS SHOWS ACTIVITY IS ON THE WANE FOR MOST LOCATIONS. MOHAVE COUNTY IN ARIZONA IS THE EXCEPTION. CONTINUAL OUTFLOW FROM STORM COMPLEXES ARE FIRING OFF NEW CONVECTION THAT IS FEEDING OFF LINGERING INSTABILITY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LAST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE IT TOO BEGINS TO WEAKEN. && AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE JUST EAST OF THE TERMINAL THIS EVENING. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVED THROUGH THE TERMINAL FROM THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND WILL KEEP WINDS BLOWING FROM 160 FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS. AFTERWARD A RETURN TO SOUTHWESTLY WINDS IS EXPECTED. SATURDAY WILL SEE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCE OF A STORM AT THE TERMINAL...WITH HIGHER CHANCES IN THE MORMON MESA...PEACH SPRINGS...AND DAGGETT CORRIDORS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LOW CEILINGS ALONG WITH ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS EVENING WILL BE MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF AN ARC FROM YUCCA VALLEY TO LAS VEGAS TO LITTLEFIELD ARIZONA. CHANCES WILL SPREAD FARTHER NORTH AND WEST OVER THE WEEKEND...ENCOMPASSING THE ENTIRE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN BY SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LOW CEILINGS ALONG WITH ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 200 PM PDT FRI JUL 25 2014/ SHORT TERM...THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...ORIGINAL BAND OF CLOUDS WHICH PUSHED INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT WAS LOCATED FROM YUCCA VALLEY THROUGH LAS VEGAS TO LITTLEFIELD ARIZONA AT 130 PM. SOUTH OF THIS ORIGINAL BAND...SKIES HAD CLEARED AND THE SUNSHINE WAS FUELING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER MOHAVE COUNTY. THE MOISTURE WILL PUSH FARTHER NORTHWEST TOMORROW AND SHOULD COMPLETELY OVERSPREAD THE AREA SUNDAY...WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SPREADING NORTHWEST AS WELL. DEVELOPMENT EACH DAY WILL BE FOCUSED BY TERRAIN AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARIES...UNLESS AN UNFORESEEN MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX DRIFTS IN FROM THE SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE WITHIN FIVE DEGREES OF NORMAL...WITH POINT TEMPS BEING HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK BRINGING NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE TRENDED SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH THE FORECAST AS THERE WILL LIKELY BE LINGERING CLOUD COVER EACH DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AREAS WITH THE BEST CHANCE AT PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MOHAVE...CLARK...LINCOLN...AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. A BIT OF DRYING IS EXPECTED FOR LATER IN THE WEEK...REDUCING THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION AND BRINGING A SLOW WARMING TREND. && && UPDATE/AVIATION: LERICOS FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:51 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Water over six inches deep flowed down streets near downtown Kingman, and a rockslide closed Andy Devine Avenue near Chadwick Drive.
A dust storm brought visibility down to one quarter mile or less in Kingman, Dolan Springs, and Chloride. A vehicle rolled over on Highway 93, during the dust storm, resulting in four injuries (indirect).
The Willow Beach access road was closed due to flash flooding which washed gravel onto the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, July 2014
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: 536774, 536784, 536785.