Another strong low pressure system moving through the Pacific Northwest brought high winds to portions of southeast California and western Nevada.
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.
Another strong low pressure system moving through the Pacific Northwest brought high winds to portions of southeast California and western Nevada.
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 19, 2:19 PM PST, 5 hours 41 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 524 AM PDT SAT APR 19 2008 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-200400- 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- 524 AM PDT SAT APR 19 2008 /524 AM MST SAT APR 19 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA AND THE OWENS VALLEY FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR MOST OF THE AREA DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. MUCH OF THE AREA WILL SEE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. THE SIERRA AND OWENS VALLEY WILL SEE SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SUNDAY AND MAYBE EVEN INTO MONDAY FOR SOME AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THURSDAY WITH A MODERATELY STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER OUR REGION. LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY BUT WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHTER THAN TODAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED BUT WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind, 1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
This gust occurred 5 miles WSW of Independence during a downslope wind event in the lee of the Sierra.
This gust occurred 4 miles NW of Independence during a downslope wind event in the lee of the Sierra.
The California Highway Patrol closed Interstate 15 near Barstow during the early morning hours due to zero visibility in blowing dust. The peak wind recorded during the event was 48 knots at the Barstow-Daggett airport ASOS.
This gust occurred 9 miles W of Bishop.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in California, April 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 87321, 87323, 87326, 87324.