More than 40,000 NV Energy customers lost power and the World Series of Poker had to end its fifth day of main-event play early when severe thunderstorms rolled through the Las Vegas Valley Monday night.
The National Weather Service placed Clark County under flash flood and severe storm warnings from around 9 p.m. to just before midnight as the storm brought lightning, torrential rain and winds gusting as high as 68 miles per hour.
McCarran International Airport diverted arriving flights and grounded departing ones.
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There is only a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the valley for Tuesday afternoon.