LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
No matter where you were in the Las Vegas valley this weekend, you probably heard the unmistakable sound of rain hitting the pavement.
Most of the valley was under a flash flood watch on Sunday.
Dale Ivester told FOX5 he often walks down his block and watches drivers going through this a stretch of Broadbent Avenue where the flood channel often spills onto the road.
"Cars come through it they'll draw the air up into the engine, and the engine will hydraulic and it will bend connecting rods and the motor is done at that point," Ivester told FOX5.
A mechanic by trade, Ivester said many believe they can ford the river because they see other vehicles coming from the other direction.
"You see on the other side cars come through it, it's not that deep but on this side it's a lot deeper," Ivester said.
Saturday night it was a similar scene at Buffalo and Grand Teton, as several drivers stalled driving in high water.
Flooding was so bad in the northwest part of the valley, that up to twenty five feet of water collected in Sunny Springs Park near Buffalo and Elkhorn.
But some, like Yanette Gooez and her relatives, were expecting better weather Sunday for their family picnic at New Silver Bowl Park.
"It was like hot, so we weren't planning for the weather to be like this," said Gooez.
But as often happens during monsoon season, plans change.
"If it rains harder, we're going to our car," Gooez said.
Meanwhile Ivester has this professional advice for drivers who come across a flooded road.
"Just turn around, don't even chance it," Ivester said.
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