The weekend could bring significant monsoon storms in the Las Vegas region, according to the National Weather Service.
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After a few dry days, thunderstorms returned to the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday night.
Unlike all this week, monsoon storms are not expected in the Las Vegas area on Friday, says the National Weather Service.
Two microbursts in the southeast Las Vegas Valley caused significant damage to a sports complex in Henderson on Thursday afternoon.
Scattered showers with potentially heavy downpours are expected in the Las Vegas Valley on Monday, says the National Weather Service.
Monsoonal conditions and rainfall in the Las Vegas area over the past three nights is likely to be absent into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Lightning flashed and thunder clapped above the Strip and downtown Las Vegas late Monday as monsoon weather brought another round of storms to the region.
Las Vegas snapped its high-temperature reading for the date with a blistering 116 degrees at McCarran International Airport on Friday. Death Valley hit 130.
Excessive heat — expected to reach 116 at the airport — will suffocate the Las Vegas region for the next five days, according to the National Weather Service.