Flash flood in the Mojave Desert

Traveling through the Mojave on our way to Las Vegas we encountered a flash flood in the middle of the roadway.

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• flood
• river
• vegas

[bapyou]

On what road were you driving when the flash flood occurred? Can you be specific?

Also, when did it happen? I guess it was summertime, right? It was a summer thunderstorm that created the flashflood probably.

[sodomojodo]

It was HWY 15 which took us through the middle of the desert. And yes, it was mid July so it was hot, muggy, and very unpleasant.

[bapyou]

sodo - You mean Interstate 15 that goes from So Cal to Vegas? Definitely not it. This is a secondary road of some kind. Maybe you meant to write HWY 95 north of Needles? I-15 has two, three, or four lanes going both ways on most of its sections. The road in your video is a two lane blacktop road, like HWY 95.

[sodomojodo]

You're absolutely right, my mistake. I recall that there was a point where you can take HWY15 to Vegas or a side road that would cut through the desert and save you about an hour or two in driving time to Vegas. That's the road we took and half way through it we encountered this. I had to drive back an hour and a half to reach 15 and take that the remainder of the way.

[bapyou]

OK, well, I'd have to break out the maps to see where you mean. Did you go through a little town Nipton? That's a side road that you could take to go around traffic on the 15. I have to laugh though: You took a side road as a short cut, and then had to double back because of a flash flood.

Let me tell you something about desert flash floods: They don't last forever. If you had waited 1 1/2 hrs (the same amount of time that it took you to drive back to the 15), the flood would have subsided.

[sodomojodo]

Hmm, Nipton doesn't ring a bell. I'm not too familiar with the area though so I very well could have.

I know what you mean...we drove through a smaller flood just before we encountered this one but by the time we came back to it it was complete gone. I had to get to Vegas though, drinks were waiting for me.

[TYMMCHN]

Looks like someone's car tried to drive through. Looks like it could be north of Needles.

[Doesumama]

Hi cool video thank you for sharing... I love the Mojave, it's so peaceful. :)

[Ka80SS]

Be glad you didnt drive into this in the middle of the night!

[XsiknickX]

@bapyou shut up....... im tryin 2 remember



[bapyou]

@XsiknickX Huh? Moose porn? Whaaat?

[XsiknickX]

@bapyou and im hung like a moose but u dont see me doing porn.....i lost my train of thought

[bapyou]

@XsiknickX "u seem very interested in where this took place"

I'm a geographer.

[XsiknickX]

@bapyou u seem very interested in where this took place, did the flash flood move the bodies? haha j/k....or maybe not, DA DA DA DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[cameron36957]

hydroplaning time

[scottinaz1]

Nice video,, glad you didnt try to cross ;) thanks.