Temperatures around 105 degrees killed three people in the Las Vegas Valley.
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Temperatures around 105 degrees killed three people in the Las Vegas Valley.
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 Jun 23, 8:50 AM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 950 AM PDT MON JUN 23 2008 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK. && .UPDATE...THE CLOVER WILDFIRE IN SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK...160 MILES WEST OF LAS VEGAS...IS RESULTING IN LAYERS OF SMOKE ALOFT ACROSS THE THE FORECAST AREA...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF INYO...NYE...SAN BERNARDINO...CLARK...LINCOLN...AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS THE LARGE SMOKE PLUME TRANSITIONING TO THE EAST IN LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT. THE DENSITY OF THE SMOKE PLUME IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOMEWHAT LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HEATING INCREASES VERTICAL MIXING. AN UPDATE WILL BE SENT SHORTLY. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...A LAYER OF SMOKE ALOFT FROM A FIRE NEAR OLANCHA CALIFORNIA WILL COVER THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. A FEW AFTERNOON CU POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BUT NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED. NEARLY THE SAME PATTERN SHOULD PLAY OUT THROUGH MID WEEK WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING EACH AFTERNOON BETWEEN 10 AND 18 KNOTS DECREASING OVERNIGHT TO AROUND 8-10 KNOTS. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...A LAYER OF SMOKE ALOFT FROM A FIRE NEAR OLANCHA CALIFORNIA WILL COVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THIS LAYER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH MID WEEK...GUSTING TO AROUND 25 KTS AT TIMES. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER THE SOUTHERN REGIONS WITH PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AS CU DEVELOPS TO THE NORTH. && .PREV DISCUSSION...330 AM SHORT TERM...WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING TO SLOWLY TRANSITION TO MORE SOUTHWEST BY 12Z TUESDAY AND THEN STAY SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AS RIDGE REMAINS CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY. OVERALL SCENARIO BASICALLY CALLS FOR DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA INTO WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES BEING NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. WINDS TO FOLLOW DIURNAL PATTERNS...HOWEVER MAY SEE LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AS A COMBINATION OF THE REMNANT 700H FLOW FROM SUNDAY SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS...DUE TO THERMAL SURFACE LOW OVER THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...WILL KICK WINDS INTO THE 15-25 MPH RANGE BY LATE AFTERNOON. ONLY OTHER CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM IS THE CLOVER WILDFIRE LOCATED ON THE TULARE/INYO COUNTY BORDER OF CALIFORNIA OR ABOUT 160 MILES WEST OF KLAS. SMOKE FROM THIS FIRE WAS VISIBLE OVER KLAS SUNDAY NIGHT AND WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA TODAY MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SMOKE TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH SUNNY FORECAST AND MONITOR THROUGH THE DAY...WITH CONCERN THAT FORECAST MAY NEED TO BE UPDATED LATER IF SMOKE REACHES THE VALLEY FLOORS OF INYO COUNTY AND THEN SPREADS EAST INTO SOUTHERN NYE/CLARK COUNTIES. .LONG TERM...NO CHANGE IN CURRENT THINKING AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS EAST OF THE AREA WITH A LOW THAT SLOWLY DEEPENS OFF THE WEST COAST. THE CWA IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE TWO...PRODUCING A SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE AREA. AND WITH DEEP MIXING EXPECTED EACH DAY AND ONLY SMALL CHANGES IN HEIGHTS AND THICKNESS FORECASTED FROM DAY TO DAY...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES SHOULD HOLD THROUGH THE PERIOD. IN ADDITION TO THE HOT TEMPERATURES...GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS ARE LIKELY EACH DAY BUT FOR NOW ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ANY CRITICAL LEVELS FOR FIRE WEATHER. SLIGHT MOISTURE INCREASES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CWA WITH MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE AREA ADVECTING NORTHWARD IN THE FORM OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && KENNEDY/SALMEN/JENSEN/GORELOW HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 309 AM PDT MON JUN 23 2008 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-240000- 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- 309 AM PDT MON JUN 23 2008 /309 AM MST MON JUN 23 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Three people died from environmental heat stress.
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 | 2008-06-23 | 55 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2008-06-25 | 39 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2008-06-25 | 64 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
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