1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 21, 1:36 PM PST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 236 PM PDT WED APR 21 2004 .SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...BRINGING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH IT. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND QUICKLY...WITH DRY AND WARM WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...WINDS ARE STILL THE PROBLEM. WEST WINDS STILL HOWLING ACROSS WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...AND SHOULD TURN MORE NORTHWEST BY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES IN AND THE GRADIENT ORIENTATION VEERS. HAVE KEPT THE WIND ADVISORY GOING FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 4 AM. AS THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST...STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN NEVADA. WINDS WILL FLIRT WITH ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE LAS VEGAS AREA BY MORNING AND DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER BY AFTERNOON. FOR NOW...HAVE NOT ISSUED A NEW ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA...BUT HAVE DONE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE POSSIBLE FOR A MARGINAL EVENT. ZONES HAVE BEEN HEADLINED...AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY. IF 00Z MODEL RUNS SHOW WINDS EQUALLY STRONG OR STRONGER...AN ADVISORY WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED. ASIDE FROM THE WINDS...NOT MUCH GOING ON AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY DRY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE QUITE AS WARM TOMORROW AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...BUT WILL REBOUND QUICKLY INTO THE WEEKEND. && .LONG TERM...NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE EXTENDED MODELS WITH RIDGING EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE EXTENDED. MODELS ARE SHOWING A WEAK UPPER LOW TO BE SITUATED UNDER THE RIDGE NEAR THE CA/AZ BORDER...BUT NOT EXPECTED ANYTHING TO COME OF THIS. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE A COUPLE OF DEGREES TO ABOVE NORMAL READINGS SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND REMAIN STEADY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...TAF ADEQUATELY COVERS ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED AT KLAS. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...NONE. .AZ...NONE. .CA...WIND ADVISORY CAZ028 UNTIL 4 AM. && MORGAN/GORELOW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 245 PM PDT WED APR 21 2004 CAZ028-221200- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS- 245 PM PDT WED APR 21 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA/SOUTHERN NEVADA/NORTHWEST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY NIGHT. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. AZZ001>003-036-CAZ026-027-029-NVZ014>022-221200- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOJAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- NORTHWEST DESERTS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU- OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-SHEEP RANGE- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- 245 PM PDT (245 PM MST) WED APR 21 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY NIGHT. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. MORGAN
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong late season winter storm produced strong winds over the southern Sierra Crest. A spotter in Aspendell reported a wind gust of 71 mph. The house across the street lost several shingles off the roof and power was lost for several hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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