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Excessive Heat Warning 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 14, 2015Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 14, 2015, 3:13 AM PDT for Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Aug 16, 2015, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 3 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2015, 3:13 AM PDT (10:13 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 16, 2015, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
Aug 19, 2015, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
3 days
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 10:14 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 Aug 14, 3:06 AM PDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 3:06 AM PDT, 7 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 9:43 PM PDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 5:14 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFClark3 hr
Aug 14, 1:25 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark35 min
Aug 14, 2:44 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark46 min
Aug 14, 4:09 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFClark2 hr
Aug 14, 3:13 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFMohave2 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in California, 2015Excessive Heat Warnings in Nevada, 2015Excessive Heat Warnings in Arizona, 2015Every excessive heat warning in 2015

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.