Alert archive / Nevada / Excessive Heat Warnings in 2012
Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this excessive heat warning at Jun 1, 2012, 4:03 PM PDT for Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Jun 2, 2012, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 1, 2012, 4:03 PM PDT (23:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 2, 2012, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2012, 7:02 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 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 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 24 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
457 WWUS75 KVEF 012303 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 403 PM PDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE WARMEST READINGS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON WITH RECORD TO NEAR RECORDINGS. ALTHOUGH A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING WILL BE SEEN ON SATURDAY...NEAR RECORD READINGS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SEEN IN MANY AREAS. THE COMBINATION OF WELL ABOVE NORMAL READINGS...NEAR RECORD AND IT BEING SO EARLY IN THE YEAR HAS PROMPTED THE EXTENSION OF THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING INTO SATURDAY. AZZ002-003-036-CAZ522>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-020600- /O.NEW.KVEF.EH.W.0002.120602T2000Z-120603T0300Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120602T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 403 PM PDT FRI JUN 1 2012 /403 PM MST FRI JUN 1 2012/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT /1 PM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING BELOW 4000 FEET FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA... SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT /1 PM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SATURDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: FOR THIS AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 107 IN LAS VEGAS...106 TO 110 IN THE MORONGO BASIN... BARSTOW...MESQUITE AND OVERTON...113 TO 116 ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER...AND NEAR 121 IN DEATH VALLEY. FOR SATURDAY TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COOL BETWEEN 1 AND 3 DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA...BUT WELL ABOVE NORMAL READINGS WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SEEN IN SOME AREA. * GREATEST IMPACTS: THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND IN THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO BEAT THE HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS THAT WILL STRESS THE BODY IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911. && JENSEN $$
6 follow-up statements
996 WWUS75 KVEF 020238 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 738 PM PDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE WARMEST READINGS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON WITH RECORD TO NEAR RECORDINGS. ALTHOUGH A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING WILL BE SEEN ON SATURDAY...NEAR RECORD READINGS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SEEN IN MANY AREAS. THE COMBINATION OF WELL ABOVE NORMAL READINGS...NEAR RECORD AND IT BEING SO EARLY IN THE YEAR HAS PROMPTED THE EXTENSION OF THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING INTO SATURDAY. AZZ002-003-036-CAZ522>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-021400- /O.EXP.KVEF.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120602T0300Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.EH.W.0002.120602T2000Z-120603T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 738 PM PDT FRI JUN 1 2012 /738 PM MST FRI JUN 1 2012/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT /1 PM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SATURDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT /1 PM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO COOL BETWEEN 1 AND 3 DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA...BUT WELL ABOVE NORMAL READINGS WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SEEN IN SOME AREAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT 102 TO 107 IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...MESQUITE AND THE MORONGO BASIN...AROUND 110 ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER...AND AROUND 117 IN DEATH VALLEY. * GREATEST IMPACTS: THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND IN THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO BEAT THE HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS THAT WILL STRESS THE BODY IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911. && $$
895 WWUS75 KVEF 020241 CCA NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 739 PM PDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL COOL A BIT ON SATURDAY...NEAR RECORD READINGS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SEEN IN MANY AREAS. THE COMBINATION OF WELL ABOVE NORMAL READINGS...NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES...AND IT BEING SO EARLY IN THE YEAR HAS PROMPTED THE EXTENSION OF THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING INTO SATURDAY. AZZ002-003-036-CAZ522>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-021415- /O.EXP.KVEF.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120602T0300Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.EH.W.0002.120602T2000Z-120603T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 739 PM PDT FRI JUN 1 2012 /739 PM MST FRI JUN 1 2012/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT /1 PM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SATURDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT /1 PM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO COOL BETWEEN 1 AND 3 DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA...BUT WELL ABOVE NORMAL READINGS WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SEEN IN SOME AREAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT 102 TO 107 IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...MESQUITE AND THE MORONGO BASIN...AROUND 110 ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER...AND AROUND 117 IN DEATH VALLEY. * GREATEST IMPACTS: THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND IN THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO BEAT THE HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS THAT WILL STRESS THE BODY IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911. && $$
574 WWUS75 KVEF 021121 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 421 AM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012 .WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER SLIGHTLY TODAY...NEAR RECORD READINGS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SEEN IN SOME AREAS. AZZ002-003-036-CAZ522>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-022030- /O.CON.KVEF.EH.W.0002.120602T2000Z-120603T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 421 AM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012 /421 AM MST SAT JUN 2 2012/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM THIS EVENING... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET.. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER BETWEEN 2 AND 5 DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA...BUT WELL ABOVE NORMAL READINGS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SEEN. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT 102 TO 107 IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...MESQUITE AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS...AROUND 110 ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER...AND AROUND 116 IN DEATH VALLEY. * GREATEST IMPACTS: THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND IN THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO BEAT THE HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS THAT WILL STRESS THE BODY IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911. && $$
528 WWUS75 KVEF 022002 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 102 PM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012 .WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THIS AFTERNOON THAN SEEN ON FRIDAY...NEAR RECORD READINGS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE FELT IN SOME AREAS. AZZ002-003-036-CAZ522>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-030300- /O.CON.KVEF.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120603T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 102 PM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012 /102 PM MST SAT JUN 2 2012/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA... NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT 102 TO 107 IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...MESQUITE AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS...AROUND 110 ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER...AND AROUND 116 IN DEATH VALLEY. * GREATEST IMPACTS: THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND IN THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO BEAT THE HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS THAT WILL STRESS THE BODY IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911. && $$
409 WWUS75 KVEF 022221 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 321 PM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012 .WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL A FEW DEGREES BY SUNDAY...DECREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS HEAT LEVELS OF TODAY AND THOSE REPORTED ON FRIDAY. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY THEN CROSS OVER THE AREA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD GUSTY WINDS BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS FORMING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AREA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY. AZZ002-003-036-CAZ522>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-030300- /O.CON.KVEF.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120603T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 321 PM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012 /321 PM MST SAT JUN 2 2012/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT 102 TO 107 IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...MESQUITE AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS...AROUND 110 ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER... AND AROUND 116 IN DEATH VALLEY. * GREATEST IMPACTS: THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND IN THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO BEAT THE HEAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS THAT WILL STRESS THE BODY IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911. && $$ CAZ519>521-NVZ014-030630- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.A.0013.120604T2200Z-120605T1200Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 321 PM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...THE OWENS VALLEY...THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY AND MAINLY THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF ESMERALDA COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO WHITNEY PORTAL... BISHOP...LONE PINE...DYER...ALONG THE WESTERN FOOT HILLS OF THE OWENS VALLEY...PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 395 AND 168...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 264 THROUGH WESTERN ESMERALDA COUNTY. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS CAN MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. VISIBILITIES NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS MAY RAPIDLY LOWER TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. && $$
505 WWUS75 KVEF 030202 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 702 PM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY THEN CROSS OVER THE AREA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD GUSTY WINDS BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS FORMING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AREA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY. AZZ002-003-036-CAZ522>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-030315- /O.CAN.KVEF.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120603T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 702 PM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012 /702 PM MST SAT JUN 2 2012/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY DID NOT GET AS HOT AS THOSE EXPERIENCED ON FRIDAY. READING CURRENTLY ACROSS THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ARE IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 102 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ CAZ519>521-NVZ014-031130- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0013.120604T2200Z-120605T1200Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 702 PM PDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA...OWENS VALLEY...WHITE MOUNTAINS AND ESMERALDA COUNTY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO WHITNEY PORTAL... BISHOP...LONE PINE...DYER...ALONG THE WESTERN FOOT HILLS OF THE OWENS VALLEY...PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 395 AND 168...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 264 THROUGH WESTERN ESMERALDA COUNTY. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS CAN MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. VISIBILITIES NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS MAY RAPIDLY LOWER TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. && $$ PIERCE
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 Jun 1, 3:50 PM PDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:50 PM PDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
350 PM PDT FRI JUN 1 2012
.SYNOPSIS...NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ON
SATURDAY WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUING ON SUNDAY.
HOWEVER AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG PACIFIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING
WINDY AND COOLER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...AFTERNOON CUMULUS HAVE
FORMED OVER MOST OF THE AREAS MOUNTAINS TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST
DEVELOPMENT BEING OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. ALTHOUGH LIGHTNING HAS
NOT BEEN DETECTED WITHIN THE CWA...ISOLATED STRIKES HAVE OCCURRED
JUST OUTSIDE OUR NORTHWEST ZONES AND WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP MENTION
OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS FOR THE EVENING HOURS.
THE WEAK UPPER TROUGH WHICH BROUGHT DECREASED STABILITY TO THE AREA
TODAY WILL SHIFT EAST TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY RESULTING IN A
WEAK DRY WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. ALTHOUGH SOME AFTERNOON
CLOUDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SEEN...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD NOT DEVELOP
WITHIN OUR AREA. DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL THEN MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN
GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF A STRONG PACIFIC
TROUGH WHICH WILL IMPACT THE AREA IN THE LONG TERM.
THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE WELL
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. AS OF 3 PM PDT...TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA ARE GENERALLY 2 TO 6 DEGREES WARMER THAN THOSE
REPORTED 24 HOURS AGO. THIS IS PUTTING MOST READINGS NEAR THEIR
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE DATE. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A LITTLE COOLING
IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...BUT NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEEN
IN SOME AREAS ONCE AGAIN...HOWEVER MOST IMPORTANTLY DUE TO THE WELL
ABOVE NORMAL READINGS/NEAR RECORDS AND PARTNERS REQUEST...AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR SATURDAY TOO. BY SUNDAY...
HEIGHTS/THICKNESS VALUES DECREASE AS THE PACIFIC TROUGH BEGINS TO
APPROACH THE AREA...RESULTING IN DAYTIME TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO
WELL OFF RECORD READINGS...HOWEVER STILL REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL.
.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A EASTERN PACIFIC TROUGH WILL
MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA LATE MONDAY AND ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA ON TUESDAY BEFORE LIFTING NORTH LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY MID DAY MONDAY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY
CONDITIONS...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS. SEE
THE FIRE WEATHER DISCUSSION BELOW FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER
INFORMATION. MODEL STORM TRACKS KEEP THE BULK OF THE MOISTURE NORTH
OF THE AREA HOWEVER...THE ECMWF IS DEEPER AND MOISTURE IS FURTHER
SOUTH SO IF THIS SOLUTION VERIFIES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD
HAPPEN MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONE MOUNTAINS LATE MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED...MODEL SOLUTIONS
DIFFER WITH REGARDS TO THE SYNOPTIC SCALE FLOW BUT DRY CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED. THE MAJORITY OF SOLUTIONS WOULD SUGGEST WEAK TROUGHING
OVER THE SOUTHWEST WHICH WOULD HOLD DOWN TEMPERATURES TO NEAR NORMAL
LEVELS AND SERVES AS THE BASIS FOR THE CURRENT FORECAST.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON
MONDAY THEN COOL 10-15 DEGREES ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...VARIABLE WIND CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE BUT
SHOULD TAKE ON MORE OF A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST DIRECTION BY LATE
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THERE COULD BE INTERMITTENT GUSTS AROUND
15KTS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ABOVE 100F TO CONTINUE THROUGH 03Z WITH
A PEAK TEMPERATURE AROUND 107 DEGREES. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING 100 DEGREES
BETWEEN 19Z AND 20Z.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 KTS ACROSS MOST AREAS
INTO THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING DIURNALLY DRIVEN TONIGHT. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OVER THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WITH SINGLE DIGIT AFTERNOON
HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS /LESS THAN 15 PERCENT COVERAGE/ ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA. MORE STABLE CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY SHOULD END THE
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING
INCREASED WINDS TO THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE WINDS COMBINED
WITH FORECASTED SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS CREATE A
POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES
AND LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.
&&
.CLIMATE...NEAR RECORD TO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE BEING REACHED
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND ALTHOUGH A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING
WILL BE SEEN ON SATURDAY NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE
SEEN IN SOME AREAS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE CURRENT RECORD READINGS
AND THE YEAR SET FOR SELECTED STATIONS WITHIN THE CWA:
TODAY SATURDAY
BISHOP CA.......... 98/2001 100/2003
DAGGETT CA.........109/2001 108/2003
DEATH VALLEY CA....121/2001 119/2003
NEEDLES CA.........114/1910 115/1910
KINGMAN AZ.........108/1915 100/2006
LAS VEGAS NV.......107/2001 107/2003
&&
.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR NVZ461>465.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR NVZ460.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR NVZ016-
017-020>022.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
NVZ016- 017-020>022.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR NVZ466.
AZ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR AZZ002-
003-036.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY FOR
AZZ002- 003-036.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR AZZ101-102.
CA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR CAZ227-228.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR CAZ226.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
CAZ522>527.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
CAZ522>527.
&&
&&
JENSEN/SALMEN
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGASHazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:06 AM PDT, 13 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 206 AM PDT FRI JUN 1 2012 AZZ002-003-036-CAZ522>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-020700- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 206 AM PDT FRI JUN 1 2012 /206 AM MST FRI JUN 1 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS BELOW 4000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY UNSEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THEN STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ001-CAZ519>521-NVZ014-015-018-019-020700- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- 206 AM PDT FRI JUN 1 2012 /206 AM MST FRI JUN 1 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THEN STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MORGAN
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Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:16 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye | 72 hr |
Nearby
Excessive Heat Warnings in Nevada, 2012Excessive Heat Warnings in California, 2012Excessive Heat Warnings in Arizona, 2012Every excessive heat warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.