Flash Flood in Nye County, Nevada

Flash Flood August 21, 2023 · Nye County, Nevada

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Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Water covered Highway 95 8 miles WNW of Amargosa Valley.

The wider storm

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. The cyclone brought major flash flooding and damaging winds to the Spring Mountains, along with less severe flooding elsewhere in southern Nevada.

Began near Lathrop Wells Arpt (36.6835, -116.5411).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1136470. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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