It’s been a soggy start to September in the Desert Southwest as the monsoon season gets in some final licks before autumn begins and the monsoon patterns fade.
has seen rounds of strong thunderstorms push through the region, dropping torrential rains and triggering multiple areas of flash flooding. Stranded cars were strewn across multiple areas of town as roads became shallow rivers amid rainfall rates that dropped nearly an inch in minutes.
The Las Vegas International Airport has measured 3.99 inches of monsoonal rain this year with 28 days left in the season. However, rain totals have varied throughout the Las Vegas Valley through the monsoon season with 4 inches recorded in areas outside of downtown Las Vegas, according to the Clark County Regional Flood Control District. Farther outside the city, several vehicles became stuck along State Route 127 as heavy rains flooded the road around Baker and Tecopa.
Video recorded by Dwayne Scales of StormRunner Media shows a bus stranded on Lake Mead Boulevard as muddy water rushes by and cars continue to attempt to drive through the intense water. "Emergency management reported ongoing, extensive flash flooding across the Las Vegas Valley from rain that fell earlier in the evening," NWS Las Vegas wrote on X.
"Throw that frozen pizza in the oven for dinner," NWS Las Vegas said. "Please do not put food delivery drivers at risk."
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