96 first-hand accounts of flood events in Nevada, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A wet Pacific Storm produced moderate to heavy rainfall over the Las Vegas Valley for a few hours during the evening. The resulting storm runoff filled some underpasses, drainage culverts and washes.
Read the full account →The western periphery of high-pressure centered over the Four-Corners region contributed to a surge of mid-level moisture into the Sierra and western NV.
Read the full account →Excess monsoonal moisture from the late July four corners high pressure remained over Nevada in early August due to the high pressure system destabilizing, causing weak upper flow.
Read the full account →A wet Pacific Storm produced moderate to heavy rainfall over the Las Vegas Valley for a few hours during the evening. The resulting storm runoff filled some underpasses, drainage culverts and washes.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over the Las Vegas Valley along a line extending northeast from Henderson to the Spring Mountains. Locally heavy rain fell causing low-lying areas in Las Vegas to flood.
Read the full account →Eastern Pacific Hurricane Hilary made landfall on the Baja Peninsula early on the morning of the 20th and reached Southern California as a tropical storm that afternoon.
Read the full account →Eastern Pacific Hurricane Hilary made landfall on the Baja Peninsula early on the morning of the 20th and reached Southern California as a tropical storm that afternoon.
Read the full account →Eastern Pacific Hurricane Hilary made landfall on the Baja Peninsula early on the morning of the 20th and reached Southern California as a tropical storm that afternoon.
Read the full account →Eastern Pacific Hurricane Hilary made landfall on the Baja Peninsula early on the morning of the 20th and reached Southern California as a tropical storm that afternoon.
Read the full account →A brief episode of severe thunderstorms disrupted the afternoon in the Las Vegas Valley. Damaging winds downed power poles and heavy rain caused minor flash flooding. 11,500 homes lost electricity for about four hours and at least one home received minor flood damage.
Read the full account →A closed low slowly meandered across the Nevada from May 26th to the 28th, producing widespread showers and thunderstorms. The storms were slow movers, resulting in flash flooding across portions of the area.
Read the full account →A closed low slowly meandered across the Nevada from May 26th to the 28th, producing widespread showers and thunderstorms. The storms were slow movers, resulting in flash flooding across portions of the area.
Read the full account →A closed low slowly meandered across the Nevada from May 26th to the 28th, producing widespread showers and thunderstorms. The storms were slow movers, resulting in flash flooding across portions of the area.
Read the full account →A closed low slowly meandered across the Nevada from May 26th to the 28th, producing widespread showers and thunderstorms. The storms were slow movers, resulting in flash flooding across portions of the area.
Read the full account →Another low pressure system moved slowly from the central California coast to western Nevada on the 24th and 25th. This system produced two periods of showers and thunderstorms where rainfall totals were maximized across much of eastern California from Alpine County northward to…
Read the full account →Isolated strong thunderstorms with concentrated heavy precipitation cores that initiated along the eastern Sierra caused periods of flash flooding and debris flows in and around the Holbrook Junction area that also closed Nevada SR167 (Highland Way) to the Cal-Neva state line…
Read the full account →Isolated strong thunderstorms with concentrated heavy precipitation cores that initiated along the eastern Sierra caused periods of flash flooding and debris flows in and around the Holbrook Junction area that also closed Nevada SR167 (Highland Way) to the Cal-Neva state line…
Read the full account →A very warm and wet atmospheric river approached the west coast of the CONUS on the 5th, which brought gusty winds and significant rains to the Sierra and western Nevada the 6th through the 7th.
Read the full account →A very warm and wet atmospheric river approached the west coast of the CONUS on the 5th, which brought gusty winds and significant rains to the Sierra and western Nevada the 6th through the 7th.
Read the full account →Law enforcement reported minor flooding at the corner of Main street and Cutting. An estimated 2-3 inches was flowing over the roadway per social media photo. Deputy estimated the flooding lasted 30 minutes, and no damage was reported.
Read the full account →Another in a series of spring storms left significant amounts of precipitation across extreme southern Nevada. The Las Vegas Valley received amounts between one-half (0.50) and three-quarters (0.75) of an inch of rain which filled washes around the metro area with one or two…
Read the full account →A strong atmospheric river brought heavy rain with widespread flooding on the 8th and 9th. There was a period of snow on the 7th, as well as freezing rain in some lower valleys into the morning of the 8th.
Read the full account →Moisture from the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California moved northward around the periphery of high pressure centered over the Four-Corners region of the Rockies the 24th into the 25th.
Read the full account →Moisture from the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California moved northward around the periphery of high pressure centered over the Four-Corners region of the Rockies the 24th into the 25th.
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