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Excessive Heat Warning 5, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 27, 2016Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 27, 2016, 2:21 AM PDT for Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Jul 27, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 60 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: Jul 27, 2016, 2:21 AM PDT (09:21 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 27, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT
Expired: Jul 29, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 60 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 09:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jul 26, 9:59 PM PDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 9:59 PM PDT, 4 hours 22 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
Jul 27, 2:43 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Mohave	3 hr
Jul 27, 3:35 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Mohave	55 min
Jul 27, 3:51 PM PDT	Dust Storm Warning	VEF		69 min
Jul 27, 4:07 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Mohave	3 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Nevada, 2016 Excessive Heat Warnings in California, 2016 Excessive Heat Warnings in Arizona, 2016 Every excessive heat warning in 2016

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.