Heavy rain, flooding prompt call to stay off Charleston near Rainbow
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Timelapse video of Monday's storm rolling into Las Vegas, seen from the Cosmopolitan. (Courtesy Aaron Goodwin/aarongoodwin.com)
July 6, 2015 - 9:39 pm
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A mother ferries her children as she crosses a flooded Pennwood Avenue just east of Decatur Boulevard after a thunderstorm passed through the west valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Water floods the streets as it flows from a manhole at the intersection of Decatur Boulevard and Spring Mountain Road after a thunderstorm passed though the west valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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A motorist navigates through a flooded street at Las Vegas Boulevard and 4th Street as late afternoon storms move through the Las Vegas Valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. A thunderstorm with hail and strong winds caused flooding in several parts of the valley. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
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Motorists navigate through a flooded street near Fremont Street and Charleston Boulevard as late afternoon storms move through Las Vegas Valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. A thunderstorm with hail and strong winds caused flooding in several parts of the valley. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
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Poker players make a mad dash across the taxi stand in the pouring rain during a dinner break at the World Series of Poker at the Rio hotel-casino on Monday, July 6, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Traffic moves through floodwaters near West Charleston Boulevard and Brush Street in Las Vegas on Monday, July 6, 2015. Police asked motorists to avoid Charleston east of Rainbow Boulevard as runoff followed heavy rains. (Kevin Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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People wait for the bus on Las Vegas Blvd. and 4th street as the late afternoon storms moved through Las Vegas valley on Monday, July 6, 2015.A thunderstorm with hail and strong winds caused flooding in several parts of the valley. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
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Automobiles drive though a flooded Valley View Boulevard near Spring Mountain Road after a thunderstorm passed through the west valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Poker fans make their way across the parking lot in pouring rain during the dinner break at the World Series of Poker at the Rio hotel-casino on Monday, July 6, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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A poker player uses a makeshift coverup to shield himself from the pouring rain during the dinner break at the World Series of Poker at the Rio hotel-casino on Monday, July 6, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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A poker player uses a makeshift coverup to shield himself from the pouring rain during the dinner break at the World Series of Poker at the Rio hotel-casino on Monday, July 6, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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A poker player makes a mad dash to get under cover to avoid the rain during a dinner break at the World Series of Poker at the Rio hotel-casino on Monday, July 6, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Traffic moves through flood waters on Charleston Boulevard near Decatur Boulevard on Monday, July 6, 2015. The Las Vegas Fire Department warned drivers not to use Charleston Boulevard from Rainbow Boulevard east due to flooding. Also reported to them were missing manhole covers from sewers. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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The view from the southwest looking towards the northwest!! Pretty impressive storm clouds! (Courtesy Heidi Burger via At The Scene)
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A mother ferries her children as she crosses a flooded Pennwood Avenue just east of Decatur Boulevard after a thunderstorm passed through the west valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Motorists navigate through a flooded street near Fremont Street and Charleston Boulevard as late afternoon storms move through Las Vegas Valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. A thunderstorm with hail and strong winds caused flooding in several parts of the valley. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
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Pedestrians walk through a flooded street near Fremont Street and Charleston Boulevard as late afternoon storms move through Las Vegas Valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. A thunderstorm with hail and strong winds caused flooding in several parts of the valley. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
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Pedestrians walk through a flooded street near Fremont Street and Charleston Boulevard as late afternoon storms move through Las Vegas Valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. A thunderstorm with hail and strong winds caused flooding in several parts of the valley. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
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A pedestrian walks through a flooded street near Fremont Street and Charleston Boulevard as late afternoon storms move through Las Vegas Valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. A thunderstorm with hail and strong winds caused flooding in several parts of the valley. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
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Motorists navigate through a flooded street near Fremont Street and Charleston Boulevard as late afternoon storms move through Las Vegas Valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. A thunderstorm with hail and strong winds caused flooding in several parts of the valley. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
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A motorcyclist navigates through a flooded street near Fremont Street and Charleston Boulevard as late afternoon storms move through Las Vegas Valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. A thunderstorm with hail and strong winds caused flooding in several parts of the valley. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
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Clouds loom above the Spring Mountains on the western edge of the Las Vegas Valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. Temperatures in the valley will drop below normal this week, the National Weather Service said. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
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Clouds roll over the Strip on Monday, July 6, 2015. Temperatures in Las Vegas have dropped to the low 100s and high 90s. (James Tensuan/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow James Tensuan on twitter @jtensuan
A thunderstorm that moved across the Las Vegas Valley Monday night unleashed an onslaught of flooding, hail and strong winds.
Parts of the valley were under a flash flood warning until at least 9:15 p.m, according to the National Weather Service, which predicts below-normal temperatures for the rest of the week.
Firefighters from Las Vegas and Clark County responded to at least seven swift water rescues in the central valley as far south as Flamingo Road, Clark County Fire Department logs showed. And manhole covers were dislodged across the valley during Monday’s storm.
The Las Vegas Fire Department warned drivers not to use Charleston Boulevard from Rainbow Boulevard east due to flooding. By 9 p.m. waters were receding, and no one was injured in flash flood rescues.
The storm left thousands of Clark County NV Energy customers without power about 8 p.m., the electric company’s site showed.
The rain also brought its usual havoc to valley roadways: there were at least two rollover crashes on U.S Highway 95 and many more crashes on highways and streets, traffic monitoring sites showed.
Onlookers reported flowing water between 1 to 1.5 feet near the intersection of Edna Avenue and Jones Boulevard in the west valley, the weather service said. Rain accumulation near Oakey and Rainbow boulevards totaled .83 inches in just 15 minutes.
Hail the size of a quarter was reported at the 215 Beltway and Cheyenne Avenue, the weather service said.
Temperatures should gradually fall throughout the rest of the week with a “dry-out” trend. “After three weeks of very hot weather, I think we’ll take this,” meteorologist Chad Shafer said.
Chances for rain remain at 20 percent today.
“Some will see it, most will not,” Shafer said.
Today should be pretty similar to Monday with a high of 102 and a low of 81. Wednesday will have a high of 100 degrees and a low of 78. Thursday and Friday will be about the same with a high of 96 and a low of 75.
Review-Journal writer Cassandra Taloma contributed to this report.
Contact Ricardo Torres at rtorres@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find him on Twitter: @rickytwrites.