1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 1:21 PM PST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 221 PM PDT THU AUG 10 2006 .SYNOPSIS...MONSOON MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE MOJAVE DESERT AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN...AND SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THERE EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AREAS FARTHER WEST AND NORTH WILL REMAIN GENERALLY DRY WITH CONSIDERABLE SUNSHINE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK...WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AS WELL. && .SHORT TERM...SATELLITE AND AREA RADARS SHOW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM YUCCA VALLEY...TO INDIAN SPRINGS...TO CARP. AS ADVERTISED BY MORNING SOUNDINGS...STORMS NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 15 ARE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST WHILE STORMS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 15 HAVE ALMOST NO MOVEMENT AND ARE PROPAGATION DOMINATED. CONCERN FOR THE EVENING IS ISOLATED...EMPHASIZING ISOLATED...FLOODING WITH ANY SLOW MOVING STORMS. VERY LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY...WITH A TEMPORARY SOUTHEASTWARD RETREAT OF THE MONSOON MOISTURE ON SATURDAY AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS. THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED...AS THE FLOW WILL AGAIN TURN SOUTHERLY ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF A WEAK TROUGH DIGGING DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST. THUS...CHOSE TO SPREAD POPS BACK TO THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY...WHICH WAS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATION TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL SHOW LITTLE OR NO OVERALL TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND WILL BE PRIMARILY MODULATED BY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE EVENING HOURS. .LONG TERM...BROAD RIDGE WELL TO THE EAST OVER THE PLAINS STATES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EXTENDED WILL NOT PUSH MUCH MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. HAVE LEFT IN LOW POPS FOR OUR EASTERN ZONES. MODELS CONSISTENT IN BRINGING A TROUGH TO THE WEST COAST BY TUESDAY. THIS SHOULD HELP REDUCE THE MOISTURE CONTENT AND DECREASE POPS AS WELL. BY WEDNESDAY HAVE BASICALLY BROUGHT THE POPS TO BELOW 20 PERCENT IN OUR EAST ZONES. ALSO HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES A DEGREE OR TWO DUE TO LOWER HEIGHTS. GUIDANCE WANTS TO GO COOLER BUT HAVE HELD ON ON THE BIGGER DROP GUIDANCE SUGGESTS. OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE MADE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. && .AVIATION...WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE PEACH SPRINGS...MORMON MESA...AND DAGGETT CORRIDORS AND DISSIPATE SEVERAL HOURS AFTER SUNSET. SAME THING SHOULD HAPPEN AGAIN TOMORROW. WINDS AT KLAS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE IN DIRECTION TODAY AND TOMORROW. WHEN WINDS DO STRENGTHEN ABOVE 8 KNOTS OR SO THEY WILL BE FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST. TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREA TERMINALS. SEE TAFS FOR KLAS... KVGT... KDRA... KBIH... KDAG... KEED... FOR DETAILS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...NONE. .AZ...NONE. .CA...NONE. MORGAN/JACQUES HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 952 AM PDT THU AUG 10 2006 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-110700- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 952 AM PDT THU AUG 10 2006 /952 AM MST THU AUG 10 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM RIDGECREST CALIFORNIA...TO PAHRUMP...TO BEAVER DAM STATE PARK. THERE WILL BE A GREATER THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TWENTYNINE PALMS CALIFORNIA TO KINGMAN ARIZONA. FARTHER NORTH AND WEST...THERE WILL BE A RISK OF ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BRING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH A DRYING TREND EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. MORGAN
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown over near the intersection of Interstate 215 and Stephanie St. Minor flooding also occurred.
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