Local brief
Ended: Flash Flood Warning for Inyo County, CA (ran until 7:30 a.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11)
The National Weather Service Flash Flood Warning for Inyo County ended at 7:30 a.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11. NWS still has Flood Advisory, Flood Watch in effect for parts of the county; check weather.gov.
Ended: This Flash Flood Warning ended at 7:30 a.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11, and the National Weather Service no longer lists it as of 8:34 a.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11. NWS still has Flood Advisory, Flood Watch in effect for parts of the county; check weather.gov. Water can stay on roads and in washes after a warning ends, so still do not drive into floodwater.
What happened: Strong thunderstorms dropped heavy rain on dry desert ground, where water runs off fast into washes and roads. The National Weather Service office in Las Vegas warned that flash flooding was happening or about to start. NWS calls this life-threatening flash flooding. Between 0.25 and 0.75 inches of rain have fallen.
Where: The warning covers south-central Inyo County in Death Valley National Park. Places NWS named include Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells and Texas Springs Campground.
Until when: The warning ran until 7:30 a.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11 and has ended.
What to do: Turn around, don't drown. Never drive or walk into floodwater. Six inches of moving water can knock you down, and one to two feet can carry away a car. Stay away from creeks, streams, washes, rivers and low roads. Do not drive around barricades. If water starts rising near you, go to higher ground right away. Flooded roads are hard to see in the dark.
Stay informed: Check https://www.weather.gov/vef/ for the latest from the National Weather Service, and follow Cal OES (https://www.caloes.ca.gov) and your county Office of Emergency Services. Turn on emergency alerts on your phone and keep it charged.
Find shelters and supplies: https://zost.app/pages/ca/inyo
Sources: National Weather Service Las Vegas Flash Flood Warning via api.weather.gov (https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a168386c7acc3148d3ff30c0e7dbc9c0259e5b3a.001.1). Updated 7:15 a.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11. Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words. More Inyo County notices: https://noticenearby.com/ca/inyo
Source: the public notice on this register NN-ENV-ca-inyo-flash-flood-warning-2026-10-11 · National Weather Service Las Vegas Flash Flood Warning.
This is a Notice Nearby local brief — an in-house explainer written from a government-posted notice on this register. It is not official minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication.