Flood advisory for Las Vegas Valley
Widespread rain drenched the Las Vegas Valley today, dumping what forecasters projected could be a daily total of about an inch of rain before midnight, the National Weather Service in Las Vegas said.
The showers continued the exceptionally wet past few weeks that has made Southern Nevada at times feel more like Seattle.
Edan Lindaman, meteorologist with the weather service, said as of 8:30 p.m., the valley received a half inch of rain on average throughout Las Vegas.
Lindaman said an additional quarter inch to three quarters of an inch of rain could fall throughout the evening.
In addition, snow capped the valley’s mountains. Early reports from Mount Charleston showed 9 inches of snow accumulated between Friday and this afternoon.
The month of January has seen slightly more than 2 inches of rainfall. That’s more than what was reported all last year, when 1.59 inches of rain was recorded at McCarran International Airport, the weathger service’s official monitoring station.
A flood advisory was also issued from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the valley’s low-lying areas.
Super Bowl Sunday’s forecast calls for a 40 percent chance of rain.
Contact reporter Antonio Planas at aplanas@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638.
