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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV

May 18, 2008Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this excessive heat warning at May 18, 2008, 3:21 PM PDT for Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at May 20, 2008, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2008, 3:21 PM PDT (22:21 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2008, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired: May 20, 2008, 7:00 PM PDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Mohave County, AZ, Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this excessive heat warning went out at May 18, 9:30 AM PDT, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 9:30 AM PDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 4:28 AM PDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 2:44 PM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	VEF	Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye	25 hr
May 18, 3:21 PM PDT	Excessive Heat Warning	VEF	Clark, Nye	28 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Nevada, 2008 Excessive Heat Warnings in California, 2008 Excessive Heat Warnings in Arizona, 2008 Every excessive heat warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.