A Pacific storm system brought valley rain and mountain snow to the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin.
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A Pacific storm system brought valley rain and mountain snow to the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin.
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 Nov 27, 3:52 AM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 252 AM PST THU NOV 27 2008 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS TODAY...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RIDGECREST TO HOOVER DAM TO PEACH SPRINGS. A FEW MORE INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CLARK COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THE STORM WILL DEPART TOMORROW...WITH RAIN CHANCES ENDING AND TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING A FEW DEGREES. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST OF DECEMBER...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...SATELLITE SHOWS UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER LOS ANGELES. ONE AREA OF FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH EXCELLENT DIVERGENCE ALOFT WAS RACING NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL ARIZONA...WHILE ANOTHER AREA ASSOCIATED WITH COLD TEMPS ALOFT WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. AREAS FROM BARSTOW TO BAKER TO TWENTYNINE PALMS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED RAIN THIS MORNING...WITH MINOR ROAD FLOODING REPORTED EAST OF TWENTYNINE PALMS. ELSEWHERE...AREA RADARS SHOWED VERY SMALL AREAS OF ECHOES BEGINNING TO BREAK OUT NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND BETWEEN KINGMAN AND YUCCA. WITH THE COLD CORE LOW OVERHEAD TODAY...THE ENTIRE AREA IS AT RISK FOR SHOWERS DEVELOPING AT ANY TIME. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDER WILL BE OVER SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...FAR SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF MOHAVE COUNTY WHERE THE COLDEST UPPER LEVEL TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK. KEPT THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A SHOWER DUMPING A QUICK FEW INCHES OF SNOW. PRECIP CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW CENTER MOVES BY AND MID LEVEL WARMING/LOW LEVEL DRYING GET UNDERWAY. BY TOMORROW MORNING EXPECT ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES LINGERING IN MOHAVE COUNTY. DRY WEATHER EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME GUSTY NORTH WINDS...ESPECIALLY DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. TOO BUSY WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING TO INVESTIGATE THE WINDS MORE THOROUGHLY. .LONG TERM...WENT WITH THE MORE CONSISTENT ECMWF IN THE EXTENDED WHICH CONTINUES TO FORECAST A REX BLOCK ON SUNDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST AND LOW PRESSURE WEST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA. FORECAST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT TEMPS ON SUNDAY WILL CLIMB A FEW DEGREES OVER SATURDAY AS A MILD AIRMASS SETTLES OVER THE REGION. BY MONDAY...THE RIDGE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN AND WEAKEN AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NW. PROBABLY WILL NOT HAVE MUCH EFFECT ON TEMPERATURES WITH THE MILD AIRMASS STILL IN PLACE AND ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. A SLIGHT COOLING TREND EXPECTED FROM THAT POINT FORWARD WITH A GENERAL DECREASE IN HEIGHTS. THE MIDDLE TO END OF THE WEEK COULD GET INTERESTING WITH A STORM SYSTEM FORECAST TO DIVE DOWN ALONG OR NEAR THE WEST COAST. THE ECMWF IS FURTHER WEST WITH ITS TRACK OUT OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND ACTUALLY GENERATES QPF OVER THE CWA WEDNESDAY. THE GFS TAKES A MORE EASTWARD TRACK ALONG THE COAST AND ALSO GENERATES QPF ON WEDNESDAY. SINCE THIS IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT...RAISED ZERO TO SOMETHING NON ZERO TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED IN THE VERY NEAR TERM BUT LOW CEILINGS FROM 1-3KFT WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH MID MORNING WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT POSSIBLE AFTER 17Z. IF SHOWERS ARE ABLE TO RE-DEVELOP...CIGS COULD TEMPORARILY DROP BELOW 1KFT AT THE AIRPORT. PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE AROUND THE VALLEY BUT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THE AIRPORT AT THIS TIME. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY WITH THE BETTER CHANCES IN SAN BERNARDINO AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. CIGS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 2K-4K FEET THROUGH MID MORNING BUT COULD GO AS LOW AS 200 TO 700 FEET AT TIMES IN SOME AREAS. MOUNTAIN RANGES WILL GENERALLY BE OBSCURED. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE IN THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE CENTRAL AREAS THIS EVENING. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST TODAY NVZ019. AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && MORGAN/SALMEN HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 342 AM PST THU NOV 27 2008 NVZ019-280800- SPRING MOUNTAINS- 342 AM PST THU NOV 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SPRING MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM. THE CHANCES FOR SNOW WILL END TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REAL TIME SNOW REPORTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>018-020>022-280800- 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-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 342 AM PST THU NOV 27 2008 /442 AM MST THU NOV 27 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING CHANCES FOR RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW AGAIN TODAY...AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS SOUTH OF LAS VEGAS. THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS THE STORM MOVES AWAY TO THE EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MORGAN
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Arizona Highway 95 was flooded with seven to 10 inches of water, as well as mud and debris. Some residential side streets were also closed due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, November 2008
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: 139450.