Competitors line up their boats and await the start of the U.S. Open Bass Fishing tournament at Callville Bay at Lake Mead on Sept, 9. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Storms are likely to affect northeast parts of the valley. (Graydon Johns/ Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A man who declined to give his name tries to protect the items he was selling at his roadside stand during a downpour on East Lake Mead Boulevard near North Nellis Boulevard Monday. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lightning striking the Stratosphere Monday evening. (Henry Chavez/COURTESY)
A view of the valley from Henderson as the storm rolled through at sunset Monday evening. (Tonya Carpenter/Las Vegas Re)
View from resident’s front porch. (Jay P/COURTESY)
A rainbow comes out after the storm. (Eric Locklar/COURTESY)
A side view of a rainbow overhead in the valley. (@demont/demontdaniel/COURTESY)
View of a rainbow over Summerlin. (Keith Rogers/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
JEFF SCHEID/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL People cross Ogden Avenue and First Street on Monday. A thunderstorm pelted the valley with high winds and rain. NV Energy reported that wind knocked out power to 2,000 customers. This year, the valley has received 1.24 inches of rain. Last year, up to Sept. 6, almost
2.7 inches had been recorded. With the monsoon season coming to a close, a National Weather Service spokesman said, it would take a very heavy rain to surpass that figure.
A rainbow taken on Las Vegas Boulevard near Odgen Avenue on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. A thunderstorm pelleted the valley with high winds and rain. Nevada Energy reported that wind knock out power to 2,000 costumers.
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Lightning strikes near the barn on the Taylor farm near Lawrence, Kan., Monday, March 6, 2017. The area fell under a severe thunderstorm warning at the time. (Orlin Wagner/AP)
September 9 view of a full rainbow after the storm. (Courtesy Stephen O’Hara)
Storms moving into the Las Vegas Valley Monday afternoon gave the northwest a break and hit other areas of the county.
A flash flood warning was in effect for Kingman, Ariz., and thunderstorms were present near Mesquite Monday evening.
A spokesman from the National Weather Service said storms early in the day near Mesquite were moving toward Las Vegas and were likely to hit northern and northeastern areas of the county.
NV Energy reported two power outages that affected about 1,000 customers each. One was near Eastern Avenue and Bonanza Road, and was restored by 7 p.m. The other was near Sahara Avenue and Highland Drive, and linemen were still patrolling the area as of 7:30 p.m. to finish the fix. Mark Severts with NV Energy said the problem is much like a tripped circuit breaker in your home, but on a larger scale. Crews had been immediately dispatched to address the problem.
Two traffic signals were out in those areas as well.
A spokeswoman with McCarran International Airport said there had been some departure holds early in the evening. When lightning strikes within five miles of the airport, she said, fueling operations are temporarily stopped. That means there could be intermittent delays for the duration of the storm. As of 6:30 p.m., planes were departing and arriving as usual.
Wind gusts up to 60 mph were predicted across the valley and a flash flood advisory was in effect until 7:30 p.m. Henderson ended up receiving the evening’s heaviest rainfall.
Clouds started developing over the Spring Mountains but didn’t turn into a major storm, the weather service said. The last few weeks have brought major flooding into the northwest portion of the valley below the mountains.
This year so far, the valley has received 1.24 inches of rain. Last year up to Sept. 6, almost 2.7 inches had been recorded. With monsoon season coming to a close, a weather service spokesman said, it would take a very heavy rain to catch up.
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