Temperatures in the 90s proved fatal to a young boy who was left outside in his parents' vehicle for 17 hours.
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Temperatures in the 90s proved fatal to a young boy who was left outside in his parents' vehicle for 17 hours.
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 8, 2:21 PM PST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 321 PM PDT SUN JUN 8 2008 .SYNOPSIS...DRY AND WARMER WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING INCREASING WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ON TUESDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE MOJAVE DESERT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A SURGE OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. ANOTHER WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...SATELLITE SHOWS ONLY A FEW CIRRUS OVERHEAD IN NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. SURFACE OBS SHOW TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY...WITH DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS OF 60-80F AREAWIDE. TRANQUIL WEATHER EXPECTED TOMORROW...WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AS HEIGHTS RISE IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING TROUGH. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE ACTIVE DAYS. YET ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ROLL INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING INCREASING WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TUESDAY AS THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT APPROACHES. WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED AT SOME POINT. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH OUR AREA TUESDAY NIGHT...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHERLY...AND THERE MAY BE A BRIEF SURGE OF STRONGER WINDS IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT. THE MODELS ARE NOT SHOWING VERY STRONG POST-FRONTAL WINDS...BUT THIS IS OFTEN THE CASE. EITHER WAY...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SEVERAL DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY BEHIND THE FRONT...AND THE NORTH WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE SHORT TERM COMES TO AN END. .LONG TERM...DRY NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM. THE GFS IS QUICKER TO ALLOW 1000-500 MB THICKNESSES TO RISE THAN THE ECMWF...HOWEVER BOTH MODELS SHOW ABOUT 3C DEGREES OF WARMING AT 700 MB. HAVE ALLOWED FOR SOME WARMING ON THURSDAY...BUT NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS THE MEX CALLS FOR. ECMWF STILL HAS LINGERING NORTHWEST FLOW INTO FRIDAY...HOWEVER IT TRENDS TOWARDS A FLATTER FLOW ALOFT BY THE AFTERNOON AS SEEN IN THE 12Z OPERATIONAL GFS AND THE CONSENSUS OF THE GFS ENSEMBLES. SO FURTHER WARMING LOOKS TO TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY. A FLAT UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO TRIES TO BUILD NORTHWARD A LITTLE INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF AZ AND NM NEXT WEEKEND...HOWEVER FLOW ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA LOOKS MORE ZONAL THAN ANYTHING. EXPECT A MODEST WARMING TREND AS 700 MB TEMPS WARM TO BETWEEN +12C AND +14C...WHICH SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PUSH TEMPS IN THE LV VALLEY BACK INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS STARTING SATURDAY. ANOTHER TROUGH LOOKS TO DIP SOUTHWARD OUT OF THE PAC NW BY LATE SUNDAY INTO LATE MONDAY DEPENDING ON THE MODEL CHOSEN. AS THIS TROUGH APPROACHES IT SHOULD HELP TO MIX THE WARMER AIR ALOFT DOWN BETTER AND TEMPS SHOULD CONTINUE ON AN UPWARD TREND INTO MONDAY. THIS TROUGH SHOULD ALSO HELP TO INCREASE WINDS SOME...THOUGH HOW MUCH IS A TOUGH CALL THIS FAR OUT GIVEN THE MODEL DIFFERENCES. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH MODEL CROSS SECTIONS SHOWING LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MOISTURE. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...VARIABLE WINDS SUSTAINED AT 10 KTS OR LESS THIS EVENING AND WINDS SHOULD REMAIN THAT WAY MOST OF TONIGHT. ENOUGH OF A NORTHEAST SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS STILL AROUND TO ALLOW FOR SURGES OF NORTHEAST WINDS AT TIME TO AFFECT THE TERMINAL THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. AFTER 15Z MONDAY...EXPECT VARIABLE WINDS TO BECOME MORE EASTERLY WITH SPEEDS SUSTAINED AT 10 KTS OR LESS. GENERALLY A CLEAR SKY. AN APPROACHING SYSTEM ON TUESDAY WILL ALLOW FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS THEN...THEN AFTER A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS LOOK TO OCCUR. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...ENOUGH OF A NORTHEAST GRADIENT WILL BE AROUND THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA TO ALLOW FOR NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS AT 8-16 KTS...THESE LOOK TO LESSEN SOMETIME BETWEEN 12Z-15Z AS THE GRADIENT RELAXES. OTHERWISE VARIABLE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH TYPICAL DIURNAL WIND DIRECTIONS AT KBIH...KDAG AND KDRA. VARIABLE WINDS TOMORROW ACROSS THE AREA... THOUGH A SYSTEM APPROACHING THE PAC NW SHOULD RESULT IN WINDS GOING SW ACROSS ESMERALDA...LINCOLN AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES BY THE AFTERNOON. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA ON TUESDAY...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS LOOK TO OCCUR...THEN AFTER A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR. BLOWING DUST/SAND REDUCING VSBY SHOULD LIKELY BE AN ISSUE THEN AS WELL. && .FIRE WEATHER...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS TUESDAY. FUELS ARE FORECAST TO BE VERY DRY IN MOHAVE COUNTY...SO ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ZONE 102. CONSIDERED THE EASTERN NEVADA ZONES AS WELL...BUT FUEL STATUS WAS THE LIMITING FACTOR. WILL HAVE TO WATCH AND SEE IF FUEL FORECAST CHANGES. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. AZ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FIRE ZONE 102 TUESDAY. CA...NONE. && MORGAN/STACHELSKI HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 403 AM PDT SUN JUN 8 2008 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-090700- 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- 403 AM PDT SUN JUN 8 2008 /403 AM MST SUN JUN 8 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA. THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN COOLER TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .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.
A young boy died of environmental heat stress after being left in his parents' vehicle for 17 hours. His parents face numerous criminal charges.
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 | 2008-06-09 | 4 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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