Local brief
Flash Flood Warning: Lincoln County, NV — flooding now or soon, until 5:15 p.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11
The National Weather Service has a Flash Flood Warning for Lincoln County, Nevada, until 5:15 p.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11. Heavy rain is making creeks, washes and roads flood fast. Turn around, don't drown.
What is happening: Thunderstorms are dropping heavy rain on the desert of southern Nevada and northwestern Arizona, where water runs off fast into washes, canyons and roads around the Virgin River, Moapa Valley and Lake Mead. The National Weather Service office in Las Vegas says flash flooding is happening now or will start soon. NWS calls this life-threatening flash flooding.
Where: The warning covers southeastern Lincoln County in south-central Nevada (the same warning covers northeastern Clark County, Nev., including Mesquite, Overton and Moapa Valley, and northwestern Mohave County, Ariz.). NWS did not name a town in Lincoln County. Places it named nearby include Moapa Valley, Logandale, Overton and Mesquite in Clark County.
Until when: The warning lasts until 5:15 p.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11. NWS can extend it or end it early, so check for updates.
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), Lincoln County Emergency Management and the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. Turn on emergency alerts on your phone and keep it charged.
Find shelters and supplies: https://zost.app/pages/nv/lincoln
Get prepared: https://noticenearby.com/prepare
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.feba176b03e07a0c4af1699f13905964950a76d6.001.1). Updated 2:42 p.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11. Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words. More Lincoln County notices: https://noticenearby.com/nv/lincoln
Source: the public notice on this register NN-ENV-nv-lincoln-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.