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 27, 2:30 PM PST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
330 PM PDT TUE APR 27 2004
.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN
GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL ONCE AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP 10 TO 15 DEGREES ON
THURSDAY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE OVER THE AREA ON
FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND FOR DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH STRONG SHORTWAVE
MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEVADA OVERNIGHT. TROUGH AXIS EXPECTED TO BE
ALIGNED FROM NORTHEAST NEVADA TO AROUND TPH AREA BY 00Z THURSDAY.
STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS AND THERMAL GRADIENTS LAYING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA AT THAT TIME AND PUSHING
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA BY AROUND 06Z THURSDAY.
GRADIENTS/MOS GUIDANCE/LOCAL RULES OF THUMB ALL POINT TO A STRONG
WIND EVENT...WITH HIGH WIND WATCH ISSUED WITH THIS PACKAGE. PEAK
GUSTS LOOK LIKE THEY WILL BE APPROACHING 70 MPH SOME AREAS...WHILE
55-60 MOST AREA. AS FRONT SHIFTS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA...LAS VALLEY
AROUND 06Z...CAA TO DROP TEMPS ON THURSDAY BETWEEN 10-15 DEGREES
FROM WEDNESDAYS ABOVE NORMAL READINGS. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
SHORTWAVE TO BE OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH. GRADIENTS TO RELAX DURING THE
DAY ALTHOUGH BREEZY CONDITIONS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO MID AFTERNOON
ON THURSDAY. MOISTURE/DYNAMICS WITH THE SYSTEM STILL REMAIN MAINLY
TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CWA...SO WILL CONTINUE TREND OF DRY
FORECAST AS THIS SYSTEM CROSSES THE AREA. BY FRIDAY...RIDGE TO BEGIN
TO BUILD OVER THE AREA FOR REBOUNDING TEMPS AND LIGHT WINDS.
&&
.LONG TERM...CONFIDENCE IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST REMAINS
HIGH...ESPECIALLY FOR SAT AND SUN. GLOBAL MODELS CONTINUE TO
ADVERTISE A FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE REMAINING OVER THE WESTERN US
THROUGH MONDAY. ON MONDAY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
TOWARDS THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN COAST...THEN THROUGH WESTERN
CANADA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW HEIGHTS TO FALL OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN US AS THE RIDGE FLATTENS. THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM TO
OUR NORTH MAY KICK UP A FEW BREEZES MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AND ALLOW
TEMPS TO COOL A FEW DEGREES. GFS STILL HINTS AT A SMALL AMOUNT OF
MID LEVEL MOISTURE CREEPING AROUND THE HIGH AND INTO MAINLY MOHAVE
COUNTY AND THE SIERRA SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...HOWEVER IT IS NOT
SHOWING ENOUGH TO MENTION TSTORMS YET.
&&
.AVIATION...TAF ADEQUATELY COVERS ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED
AT KLAS. CONFIDENCE ON VERY WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TOMORROW IS
INCREASING. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF ABOUT 25 KTS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP BY 21Z...THEN INCREASE TO AROUND 30KTS BY 00Z. WIND GUSTS
TO 50 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES. THE FRONT IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH
KLAS BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z THURS. WINDS WILL THEN FLIP AROUND TO THE
NORTH...BUT REMAIN SUSTAINED AROUND 20KTS.
&&
.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
.AZ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH ZONES 101 AND 102.
.CA...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH ZONES 227...228...229.
&&
JENSEN/OROWHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 300 PM PDT TUE APR 27 2004 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ026>029-NVZ014>022-281700- 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 DESERTS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY- UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-SHEEP RANGE-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- 300 PM PDT (300 PM MST) TUE APR 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA/SOUTHERN NEVADA/NORTHWEST ARIZONA. .REST OF DAY ONE...TODAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEVADA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHILE GUSTS TO BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH MAY BE SEEN. IN ADDITION...LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING DUST AND SAND MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. BY THURSDAY THE LOW WILL MOVE TO THE EAST OF THE AREA AND ALTHOUGH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND NORTH WINDS ARE LOOKED FOR...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW FROM THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A low pressure system pushing through the Mojave Desert produced strong wind gusts throughout the area. Squaw Springs RAWS site recorded a wind gust of 67 mph. A wind gust of 53 mph was also recorded at the Opal Mountain RAWS.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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