Ended: Flash Flood Warning for Clark County, NV (ran until 8:30 a.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11)

Ended: This Flash Flood Warning ended at 8:30 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: Thunderstorms dropped heavy rain on the Las Vegas Valley, where water runs off fast into washes, streets, underpasses and flood channels. 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 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen.

Where: The warning covers the western Las Vegas Valley and west-central Clark County, from Centennial Hills and Aliante south to Southern Highlands, and west to Summerlin, Blue Diamond and Red Rock Canyon. Places NWS named include Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Summerlin, Spring Valley, Lone Mountain, The Strip, Centennial Hills, Mountains Edge, Fremont Street, Blue Diamond, Enterprise and Red Rock Canyon.

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Until when: The warning ran until 8:30 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 the Nevada Division of Emergency Management (https://dem.nv.gov), Clark County Office of Emergency Management and the Clark County Regional Flood Control District (https://www.regionalflood.org). Turn on emergency alerts on your phone and keep it charged.

Find shelters and supplies: https://zost.app/pages/nv/clark

Sources: National Weather Service Las Vegas Flash Flood Warning via api.weather.gov (https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.77e866821c37334278143b409746c55090650a2b.001.1). Updated 8:11 a.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11. Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words. More Clark County notices: https://noticenearby.com/nv/clark