Pop-up thunderstorms could bring rain, high winds until sunset

By Marvin Clemons Las Vegas Review-Journal

3 years ago

Storm clouds above mountains at the edge of Summerlin Sunday, May 16, 2021. Pop-up thunderstorm ... — Storm clouds above mountains at the edge of Summerlin Sunday, May 16, 2021. Pop-up thunderstorms are brining a chance of rain and high winds in the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, according to the National Weather Service. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Pop-up thunderstorms that are favoring higher ground are bringing a chance of rain and high winds to parts of the Las Vegas Valley, says the National Weather Service.

📡4:45 pm PDT Radar Update:

🌧️Showers and thunderstorms are popping up around the #LasVegas Valley area.

⛰️⛈️These storms are currently favoring higher terrain and have the potential for wind gusts around 30 to 35 mph. 🌬️☔#NVwx #VegasWeather #WhenThunderRoarsGoIndoors pic.twitter.com/PtfNLkq16o

— NWS Las Vegas (@NWSVegas) September 9, 2021

A weather service tweet at 4:45 p.m. said the storms could bring winds of 30-35 mph.

“They should die off after sunset,” said meteorologist Morgan Stessman.

A brief storm in Centennial Hills dropped 0.04 of an inch of rain near U.S. 95 about 4 p.m.

A thunderstorm warning is in play until 6 p.m. for a stretch from Bullhead City, Arizona, to Cal-Nev-Ari in far southern Clark County.

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