The same low pressure system which brought isolated high winds on the 11th caused widespread strong winds and many areas of blowing dust in the Mojave Desert.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
The same low pressure system which brought isolated high winds on the 11th caused widespread strong winds and many areas of blowing dust in the Mojave Desert.
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 12, 8:34 AM PST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
934 AM PDT THU APR 12 2007
.SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEVADA AND INTO NORTHWEST ARIZONA TODAY RESULTING IN GUSTY
WINDS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA ON FRIDAY FOR DRY AND WARMER
CONDITIONS.
&&
.UPDATE...MULTIPLE MESONET STATIONS IN WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
HAVE BEEN MEETING HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA THIS MORNING. UPDATED
TO UPGRADE WIND ADVISORY TO HIGH WIND WARNING FOR CAZ523 AND LEFT
REMAINDER OF ADVISORY INTACT. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME.
.AVIATION...FOR KLAS: SOUTHWEST WINDS GENERALLY UNDER 10 KTS WILL
BECOME NORTHWEST AROUND 10 KTS LATER THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL
INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 20
KTS AND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 KTS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL
AS WITHIN THE MORMON MESA AND PEACH SPRINGS CORRIDORS.
REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA: STRONG WESTERLY SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVER THE WESTERN REGIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY THIS MORNING
BEFORE BECOMING NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
AROUND 30 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 55 KTS ARE EXPECTED WITH REDUCTION IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...
WIDESPREAD NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 40
KTS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTORMS WILL
ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL AND
EASTERN FORECAST AREA.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
540 AM PDT THU APR 12 2007
.SHORT TERM...UPPER LOW MOVING INTO NORTHWEST NEVADA EARLY THIS
MORNING WITH CLOUDS AND SHOWERS DEVELOPING. THIS SYSTEM ON TRACK
TO DIVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND INTO NORTHWEST
ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. PRETTY DECENT COLD POOL ALOFT WILL COMBINE
WITH DYNAMICS AND INCREASING MOISTURE TO PRODUCE GENERALLY
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA
EXCEPT MAYBE THE SOUTHWEST OVER BY BARSTOW. SOME LOCAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
AND PERHAPS FAR NORTHWEST ARIZONA. PRETTY STRONG SURFACE GRADIENT
ALREADY IN PLACE OVER WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WITH DAGGETT
AND TWENTY NINE PALMS BLOWING AT WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. SURFACE
GRADIENT REMAINS STRONG ALL DAY AND INCREASES IN THE NORTHWEST
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WHILE A STRONG NORTHERLY UPPER JET
PROGRESSES EAST OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA.
GIVEN THESE FACTORS...DECIDED TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR
BASICALLY THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...INYO...SAN
BERNARDINO...ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTIES. THE REST OF THE FORECAST
AREA WILL PROBABLY SEE BREEZY CONDITIONS BY THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES COOLER TODAY. AFTER SOME
LINGERING SHOWERS IN EASTERN ZONES THIS EVENING...HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE AREA FRIDAY WITH DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS. YET
ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA LATE SATURDAY
RESULTING IN INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS INTO THE SIERRA LATE. MODELS IN AGREEMENT MOVING THIS
SYSTEM INTO NEVADA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ROUGHLY THE NORTHERN HALF
OF THE FORECAST AREA SEEING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.LONG TERM...GOOD MODEL CONSENSUS WITH THE SUNDAY STORM SYSTEM AS
THE LOW CENTER PROGGED TO BE OVER SOUTHERN CAL/SOUTHERN NEVADA AND
WESTERN ARIZONA. DECENT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE SYSTEM AND NOW WITH A MORE SOUTHERN POSITION...MOST AREAS
WILL SEE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE UNDER THE -26 DEG CELSIUS COLD POOL AND IN THE WRAP
AROUND MOISTURE TO THE EAST AND NORTH. BREEZY CONDITIONS AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO CENTRAL
ARIZONA SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN TO THE ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO BORDER
MONDAY. THIS WILL LEAVE A NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY UPPER FLOW OVER THE
CWA. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE LINGERING SHOWERS FOR THE
EASTERN CWA SUNDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY AS WELL. BRIEF
RIDGING MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE ANOTHER STORM MOVES INTO THE WEST COAST
TUESDAY AND NORTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.THIS
COULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE WINDS AND COOL TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR KLAS: SOUTHWEST WINDS GENERALLY UNDER 10 KTS WILL
BECOME NORTHWEST AROUND 10 KTS LATER THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL
INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 20
KTS AND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 KTS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL
AS WITHIN THE MORMON MESA AND PEACH SPRINGS CORRIDORS.
REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA: STRONG WESTERLY SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVER THE WESTERN REGIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY THIS MORNING
BEFORE BECOMING NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
AROUND 30 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KTS ARE EXPECTED WITH REDUCTION IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...
WIDESPREAD NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 40
KTS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTORMS WILL
ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL AND
EASTERN FORECAST AREA.
&&
.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM ZONE 14.
WIND ADVISORY 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM ZONE 17.
.AZ...NONE.
.CA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM ZONE 523.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM ZONES 524>526.
WIND ADVISORY 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM ZONES 520 AND 522.
&&
MORGAN/HARRISON/SALMEN
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
825 AM PDT THU APR 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0719 AM NON-TSTM WND GST DAGGETT 34.86N 116.88W
04/12/2007 M51 MPH SAN BERNARDINO CA ASOS
WIND DIRECTION 250 DEG
&&
CSCHLOTTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
850 AM PDT THU APR 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0824 AM NON-TSTM WND GST BISHOP 37.37N 118.40W
04/12/2007 M54 MPH INYO CA ASOS
VIS 3 BLDU...WIND DIR 360 DEG
&&
CSCHLOTTThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A frail woman died in North Las Vegas when she hit her head due to being blown over by a gust of wind. Gusts at the North Las Vegas airport were around 40 knots at the time.
Strong winds caused a scaffolding unit to fail at a construction site in downtown Las Vegas. Two workers were injured, one critically.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind, Las Vegas Valley | 2007-04-12 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, April 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 20042, 18117.