Las Vegas Valley may be in for a replay of monsoonal thunderstorms

The Las Vegas Valley whitethorn spot a 2nd consecutive time of evening thunderstorms connected Tuesday arsenic monsoonal upwind conditions persist successful the region.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood ticker opening astatine 2 p.m. for eastbound Clark County, Mohave County, Arizona, and acold eastbound San Bernardino County successful California. The work said determination was a 30 percent accidental of showers and thunderstorms, chiefly earlier midnight, and noted that winds successful excess of 50 mph could travel the thunderstorms and origin spot harm and powerfulness outages.

The storms person the imaginable to unleash 1 to 2 inches of rainfall per hour, creating “increased imaginable for flash flooding,” it said.

“Mainly eastbound of the metropolis volition beryllium the biggest threats,” said meteorologist Brian Planz of the service’s Las Vegas office.

The monsoonal upwind signifier was astir identical to the 1 that triggered lightning, thunder and little downpours passim downtown Las Vegas and respective parts of the vale precocious Monday and aboriginal Tuesday.

But portion societal media posts showed dense rainfall successful parts of the valley, the authoritative presumption astatine McCarran International Airport did not person measurable rainfall Monday, according to the upwind service.

The drizzling rainfall and dense winds are expected to proceed done the week but volition determination farther eastbound with each day.

By Thursday, the storms should beryllium retired of the Las Vegas region, with lone a 10 percent accidental of showers remaining. But Planz said monsoon upwind patterns was expected to instrumentality aboriginal adjacent week.

Heat continues

While not arsenic blistery arsenic the grounds temperatures seen past week, Las Vegas was forecast to scope a precocious of 109 degrees connected Tuesday, with a debased of astir 88. Death Valley was expected to scope 125.

Las Vegas highs successful the coming days volition beryllium astatine astir 107 with overnight lows astatine 85.

The Southern Nevada Chapter of the American Red Cross has shared the pursuing reminders during times of excessive heat:

Never permission children oregon pets unsocial successful enclosed vehicles.

Use a buddy strategy erstwhile moving successful excessive heat, and instrumentality predominant breaks if you indispensable enactment outdoors.

Check connected family, friends and neighbors who bash not person aerial conditioning, walk overmuch of their clip unsocial oregon are much apt to beryllium affected by the heat.

Check connected animals often to guarantee that they are not suffering from the heat.

Cooling stations open

Daytime cooling stations volition beryllium unfastened done Monday. They include:

Walnut Recreation Center, 3075 N. Walnut Road (south of East Cheyenne Avenue), Las Vegas; 702-455-8402, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday

Pearson Community Center, 1625 W. Carey Ave. (west of North Martin Luther King Boulevard), Las Vegas; 702-455-1220; 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday

Downtown Recreation Center, 105 W. Basic Road (east of Pacific Avenue), Henderson; 702-267-4040; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday

Catholic Charities, 1511 Las Vegas Blvd. North (near Foremaster Lane), Las Vegas; 702-385-2662; noon-3 p.m. daily

Hollywood Recreation Center, 1650 S. Hollywood Blvd. (north of American Beauty Avenue), Las Vegas; 702-455-0566; 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday

Cambridge Recreation Center, 3930 Cambridge St. (north of East Flamingo Road), Las Vegas; 702-455-7169; 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday

Whitney Recreation Center, 5712 E. Missouri Ave., (south of Tropicana Avenue and westbound of Boulder Highway), Las Vegas; 702-455-7576; 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday

Downtown Senior Center (age 50+), 27 E. Texas Ave. (near East Army Street), Henderson; 702-267-4150; noon-3 p.m.

Courtyard Homeless Resource Center, 1401 Las Vegas Blvd. North (enter astatine 310 Foremaster Lane), Las Vegas; 702-229-6117; 24 hours each days.

American Legion Richard Springston Post 60, 1510 Bruce Woodbury Drive, Laughlin; 702-299-1510; 8 a.m.-8 p.m. connected days with temperatures much than 112 degrees. An extracurricular cooling country volition beryllium unfastened for pets connected a leash oregon successful a carrier, but nary pets volition beryllium allowed wrong the building.

Colorado River Food Bank, 240 Laughlin Civic Drive, Laughlin, 89029; 702-298-9220; 8 a.m.-2:45 p.m., Monday-Friday. The Senior Center of Boulder City offers an air-conditioned spot for older residents, 813 Arizona St.; 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Contact Mathew Miranda astatine mmiranda@reviewjournal.com. Follow mathewjmiranda connected Twitter. Review-Journal Digital Content Producer Marvin Clemons contributed to this report.