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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 17, 2018Inyo County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this heat advisory at Jul 17, 2018, 3:41 AM PDT for Inyo County, California. It took effect at Jul 17, 2018, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2018, 3:41 AM PDT (10:41 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 17, 2018, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2018, 9:00 PM PDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV

County Inyo County, CA

The radar

The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:40 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 17, 3:29 AM PDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:29 AM PDT, 12 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 17, 3:41 AM PDT	Excessive Heat Warning	VEF	Esmeralda, Nye	41 hr
Jul 17, 2:53 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Mohave	37 min
Jul 17, 2:57 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Mohave	18 min
Jul 17, 3:27 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	Mohave	3 hr
Jul 17, 3:51 PM PDT	Dust Storm Warning	VEF	Mohave	54 min
Jul 17, 4:48 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Mohave	3 hr

Nearby

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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.