A big push of monsoon moisture immediately followed the excessive heat event, and stormy conditions persisted into August. Several storms produced severe weather and flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
A big push of monsoon moisture immediately followed the excessive heat event, and stormy conditions persisted into August. Several storms produced severe weather and 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, 12:26 PM PST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 126 PM PDT Mon Jul 25 2022 .SYNOPSIS...Monsoon moisture will remain firmly entrenched across the Desert Southwest this week, bringing chances of showers and thunderstorms across northwestern Arizona, southern Nevada, and portions of southeastern California. The best chances will be through Tuesday, particularly over Mohave County, where heavy rainfall could result in widespread flash flooding. && .SHORT TERM...through Tuesday night. Active weather ongoing over much of the CWA so will be brief. Deep moisture will continue to fuel thunderstorms with heavy rain through Tuesday night. Some high resolution models are still showing thunderstorm complexes over northwest Arizona and southwest Utah ejecting outflows which collide over far southern Nevada tonight, potentially triggering nocturnal storms. More storms will develop tomorrow; exactly where depends on the interactions of the outflow boundaries and/or MCVs left over from tonight's storms, plus differential heating along the edges of cloud masses in the morning. Best chances should be in Mohave, Lincoln, and the mountains of Clark County. .LONG TERM...Wednesday through Sunday. Monsoon moisture remains in place through the work week, with PWATs in excess of 1.0" persisting over the region. Forecast 500 mb heights show a cut-off high forming northwest of our area, which will shift the upper-level motion over our forecast area. Analogs show that similar patterns in the past have tapped into moisture over southern Utah, resulting in MCV formation pushing southwestward through southern Nevada. Both ECMWF and GEFS ensemble means would agree with this outcome, with numerous waves of 500 mb vorticity moving generally along the I-15 corridor. The NBM returns slight PoPs for the region each afternoon through the week, which I anticipate will increase as we approach the higher resolution domain. Meanwhile, temperatures hover around seasonal averages with "Low" HeatRisk across northwestern Arizona and southern Nevada, with "Moderate" persisting in the lower elevations of southeastern California. && .AVIATION...For Harry Reid...Thunderstorms near the terminal and in all approach corridors will make for difficult operations this afternoon and evening. Strong outflow winds from the northeast will be possible after sunset, and these winds could also trigger new thunderstorm development near the terminal. The best bet for a quiet period will be between midnight and sunrise, although this is not certain. More storms are expected to develop Tuesday morning, becoming most numerous in the afternoon, affecting all approach corridors and possibly the terminal as well. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...Scattered thunderstorms will affect much of the region this afternoon through tonight, and could affect all TAF sites except KBIH. The main threats with thunderstorms will be very heavy rain, low ceilings with terrain obscuration, and erratic, gusty winds. Thunderstorm coverage will decrease before sunrise Tuesday morning before increasing again later in the morning, spreading as far west as KBIH by afternoon. The main threats will remain the same. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && SHORT TERM...Morgan LONG TERM...Varian AVIATION...Morgan For more forecast information...see us on our webpage: https://weather.gov/lasvegas or follow us on Facebook and Twitter
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Mud and debris covered Lake Mead Pkwy near Lake Las Vegas Pkwy.
Water covered the intersections of Blue Diamond and Rainbow, and Blue Diamond and Pioneer.
Las Vegas Blvd flooded underneath I-15.
Flooded roads near the intersection of Decatur and Silverado Ranch stranded 15 to 20 cars.
Thunderstorms produced a swath of damaging winds across much of the Las Vegas Valley. Trees and power lines were blown down, knocking out power to over 10,000 people in North Las Vegas, and also setting homes on fire.
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: 1050053, 1050055, 1050058, 1050059, 1050211, 1050213.