Another push of monsoon moisture fueled more thunderstorms over the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin. Significant flash flooding and isolated severe weather occurred.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
Another push of monsoon moisture fueled more thunderstorms over the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin. Significant flash flooding and isolated severe weather occurred.
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 5, 12:20 PM PST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 120 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2015 .SYNOPSIS....MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE DRIER AIR BEGINS TO WORK INTO THE REGION TUESDAY. THIS WILL START A TREND OF DRYING CONDITIONS THAT WILL LAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LIFTING NORTHEAST HELPING TO GENERATE SOME FAIRLY STRONG AND LONG LIVED STORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE CWA. MOST HAVE BEEN ANCHORED TO THE TERRAIN AND THEN NEW STORMS FORMING ON THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OF THE OLDER STORMS. THIS TREND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SHIFTING NORTH BY LATE AFTERNOON AS THE DISTURBANCE LIFTS NORTH. CONVECTION COULD GO FAIRLY LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES BEFORE THE DISTURBANCE FINALLY MOVES AWAY. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY FOR ANOTHER DAY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT SEE ANY SPECIFIC TRIGGER FOR STORMS OTHER THAN HEATING AND TERRAIN. A DRYER SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THE MOISTURE EAST TUESDAY WITH JUST A FEW ISOLATED STORMS OVER THE FAR EAST CWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WE WILL SEE DRY CONDITIONS AS THE SOUTHWEST FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO REMAIN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF MCCARRAN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. VARIOUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEADING TO VARIABLE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. ANY STORM COULD ALSO LEAD TO MUCH LOWER CIGS ACROSS THE AREA. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA ARE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH THE MOST LIKELY STORMS OVER CLARK...MOHAVE...LINCOLN AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. A FEW STORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA. ANY STORM WILL LEAD TO GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH. VSBY/CIGS REDUCED TO MVFR OR LOWER ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && GORELOW FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
215 PM PDT SUN JUL 5 2015
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0100 PM FLASH FLOOD 9 NE HUALAPAI PEAK 35.19N 113.81W
07/05/2015 MOHAVE AZ FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SIX INCHES OF WATER ACROSS I-40 FRONTAGE
ROAD AT MILE MARKER 66
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CFSThe Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:31 UTC.
11 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water and mud flowed over Highway 395 4 miles S of Haiwee and also near the Coso Junction Rest Area.
Vehicles were stuck on Highway 190 near the Mesquite Sand Dunes with water half way up the tires.
Water flooded the entire parking lot of the Amargosa Opera House and also entered the building.
Goffs Road was flooded between I-40 and Goffs, including two vehicles stuck on the off ramp from I-40.
Morning Star Mine Road was washed out.
Highway 247 was flooded near the I-15 interchange, and the intersection of Birch Road and Jasper Road in Lenwood was flooded.
Three inches of water and rocks flowed over Pole Line Road.
Rocks and mud washed onto Highways 58 and 395 at Kramer Junction.
Water, debris, and boulders were over Highway 95 just north of I-40.
Titus Canyon Road was closed due to flooding and debris.
Scotty's Castle Road was closed due to flood waters washing four feet of debris over the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in California, July 2015
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: 582371, 582374, 582376, 582378, 582380, 582383, 582385, 582386, 582387, 582388, 582389.