Flash Flood — Nye, Nevada

2023-08-21 · near Lathrop Wells Arpt, Nye, Nevada

Event narrative

Water covered Highway 95 8 miles WNW of Amargosa Valley.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1136470. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.