NWS Las Vegas NVFF.W 0044September 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: San Bernardino and Clark, CA and NV
The National Weather Service office in Las Vegas issued a flash flood warning for San Bernardino and Clark in California, Nevada, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on September 28. It was the 44th flash flood warning the NWS office in Las Vegas issued in 2026. California had 10 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 25 in an average September of 2008-2025 (California's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 4 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Las Vegas NV
- Area
- San Bernardino and Clark
- State
- California
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:31 p.m. PDT, September 28, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. PDT, September 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KVEF FF.W 0044
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWVEF The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... San Bernardino County in southern California... South Central Clark County in southern Nevada... * Until 630 PM PDT. * At 231 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain between Searchlight in far southern Nevada and Essex in California. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly as thunderstorms continue to develop eastward through the afternoon. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Searchlight, Cal-Nev-Ari, Highway 95 And I-40 and Essex.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.