Two people died of heat stress.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
Two people died of heat stress.
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 Jul 14, 2:30 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 556 AM PDT MON JUL 14 2008 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-150000- 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- 556 AM PDT MON JUL 14 2008 /556 AM MST MON JUL 14 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS...LOCAL HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN TUESDAY FOLLOWED BY DECREASING COVERAGE WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. SPOTTERS ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Two people died of environmental heat stress. The temperature was not exceptionally high on the days of their deaths, but had been well above normal for the previous three weeks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2008-07-14 | 82 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2008-07-15 | 87 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, July 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: 122476.