Time: Rainfall lasted between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
Rainfall Amount: A maximum of 3 inches of rain fell in two locations inside the Las Vegas valley, the west valley and to the north via the path of the storm as it moved out of the area.
Las Vegas Yearly Precipitation Average: The average yearly precipitation for Las Vegas is 4.17 inches. The city received nearly all of that in a matter of hours.
Estimated 1975 Population: At the time, the population of Clark County in its entirety was 351,000 while the city of Las Vegas was just under 150,000.
Damage Estimates: $4.5 million dollars ($20,732,369.89 in 2018 inflated dollar-value). Upwards of 700 automobiles parked near Caesars Palace were damaged or destroyed by the heavy floods.
Fatalities: Two City of North Las Vegas employees, Mike Williams, 30, and Richard Hunkins, 24, were swept away while directing traffic at I-15 and Craig Road.
Amounts Throughout The Valley: Only .07 inch of rain fell at McCarran Airport. A tenth of an inch fell about an east of The Strip along the Flamingo Wash itself. The southeast valley received very little rain while the higher elevated west side received heavy rain which resulted in unprecedented runoff.
From The LVRJ: Some of the cars swept away from Caesar's Palace were reportedly found miles away. Additional cars were swept away from the parking lot of the Marina Hotel. Incidentally, the parking lot at Caesar's had warnings about flash flooding in the area.
A river of water poured through a building supply store, L&H, at 311 Bonanza Rd, carrying lumber with it.
Flooding reached depths of four on west-side streets.
Momentary power outages were reported throughout the valley.
Police reported 30-40 people had to be evacuated from their townhomes due to mudflow which reached up to two feet high.
