Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Nevada, October 9 to 11, 2025

Name: Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Nevada, October 9 to 11, 2025
Start: 2025-10-09T14:15
End: 2025-10-11T12:13
Location: Nevada

October 9 to 11, 2025 · NWS VEF · 8 events in 2 counties and zones

The remnants of Pacific Hurricane Priscilla pushed tropical moisture into southern Nevada, fueling scattered thunderstorms. Several produced heavy rain and flash flooding, and a few produced severe weather.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $32,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

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 Oct 9, 11:40 AM PST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 11:40 AM PST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 189 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Nye

When: October 9, 2:15 PM PST
Where: Nye County, 8.84 mi NNW of (Ucc)yucca Flats
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 37.123, -116.043

Lightning, Nye

When: October 9, 2:20 PM PST
Where: Nye County, 3.39 mi ESE of Manse
Property damage: $100
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.124, -115.849

Lightning started a brush fire near Highway 160 and Trout Canyon Road.

Flash Flood, Nye

When: October 9, 2:20 PM PST to 3:30 PM PST
Where: Nye County, 0.24 mi ENE of Manse to 0.36 mi ENE of Manse
Cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.151, -115.896

Highway 160 was closed at Caas Street due to mud and debris over the road.

Lightning, Nye

When: October 9, 4:08 PM PST
Where: Nye County, 7.25 mi SSE of Johnnie
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 36.317, -116.043

A house near Mae Road was struck by lightning, knocking off the siding and scorching the house, but not setting fire to it.

Heavy Rain, Clark

When: October 10, 2:00 PM PST to 3:00 PM PST
Where: Clark County, 1.95 mi SW of Paradise
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 36.114, -115.148

Rain in the Las Vegas Valley led to flowing water in the Harmon Wash, leading to a swift water rescue of two women in the wash. One man in the wash is still missing and presumed dead.

Heavy Rain, Clark

When: October 10, 3:30 PM PST to 4:37 PM PST
Where: Clark County, 1.45 mi NNE of Victory Vlg
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 36.069, -114.960

Rain in the Las Vegas Valley led to flowing water in the washes. A swift water rescue of someone in the wash occurred behind Rosewater Drive in Henderson.

Flash Flood, Clark

When: October 10, 4:40 PM PST to 6:00 PM PST
Where: Clark County, 1.75 mi E of Arden to 1.72 mi E of Arden
Cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 36.015, -115.199

Two cars were stuck in floodwaters and one to two feet of debris on Arville Street between Silverado Ranch Boulevard and Serene Avenue.

Thunderstorm Wind, Nye

When: October 11, 12:13 PM PST
Where: Nye County, 0.09 mi NE of Mercury Arpt
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.621, -116.029

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Heavy Rain, Clark	2025-10-10		Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 2025 Every state in 2025 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, October 2025

Sources

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1295985, 1295986, 1295987, 1295988, 1295989, 1295992, 1295994, 1295997.