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 26, 1:05 PM PST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 205 PM PDT SAT JUL 26 2014 .SYNOPSIS...MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE NEAR NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM...THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONFINED TO MOHAVE...CLARK AND LINCOLN COUNTIES AS OF 2 PM...BUT A FEW CLOUDS WERE STARTING TO DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO EXPAND NORTHWEST THROUGH MUCH OF THE REST OF THE CWA TOMORROW AS THE MOISTURE PUSHES FARTHER NORTHWEST UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LARGE SCALE SOUTHERLY FLOW PLUS THE EFFECTS OF ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUES MONDAY BRINGING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE CWA. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL SHIFT A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHIFTING THE BEST MONSOONAL MOISTURE INTO MEXICO. DESPITE THE OVERALL DRYING TREND, ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN MOHAVE COUNTY. ON FRIDAY...A WEAK TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP OFF THE COAST OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT. MEANWHILE...MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO PICK UP ON A POSSIBLE FEATURE ROTATING THROUGH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW WHICH MAY ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND. DETAILS STILL ARE FAR FROM CLEAR BUT JUSTIFY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN POPS FROM FRIDAY ONWARD. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE NEAR TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...THERE WILL BE 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...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. && MORGAN/BERC FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water and rocks flowed over Highway 62.
Pieces of pavement washed off Interstate 15 at the Halloran Summit Road exit.
Water and mud covered Nipton Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 536786, 536787, 536788.