Gusty winds on Lake Mohave are suspected in the capsizing of a small boat. Two men drowned.
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.
Gusty winds on Lake Mohave are suspected in the capsizing of a small boat. Two men drowned.
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 Jan 9, 2:45 AM PST, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 245 AM PST FRI JAN 9 2009 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY NORTH WINDS TODAY AND SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY TO THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REBUILD OVER THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND AND HOLD THROUGH NEXT WEEK...BRINGING DRY WEATHER WITH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM...SATELLITE SHOWS MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AREAWIDE EXCEPT FOR A THIN BAND OF MID AND HIGH CLOUDS JUST SOUTH OF LAS VEGAS. THESE CLOUDS MARK THE POSITION OF THE COLD FRONT...WHICH PASSED OVER KLAS SHORTLY AFTER 2 AM. GUSTY WINDS WERE OCCURRING BEHIND THE FRONT BUT WERE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE SOUTH THIS MORNING...BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO LAKES MEAD AND MOHAVE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY LOOKS GOOD. WINDS WILL GUST AGAIN SATURDAY...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AS THE GRADIENT WEAKENS A BIT. NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM...WITH JUST SOME HIGH CLOUDS AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRICKY. THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH DRAGGING THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION WILL BRING COOLING ALOFT...BUT THE RESULTING WEAKER STABILITY WILL PROMOTE DEEPER MIXING. THESE FACTORS WILL NEARLY OFFSET EACH OTHER IN THE VALLEYS...AND MOS IS NOW SUGGESTING ONLY A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING TODAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE A WARMING TREND GETS UNDERWAY SUNDAY. .LONG TERM...THE UPCOMING EXTENDED FORECAST FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY RESEMBLES MONDAY IN THAT HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO RESIDE JUST OFF THE WEST COAST AND ALL STORM SYSTEMS ARE PUSHED WELL NORTH AS THEY APPROACH THE RIDGE AND ARE DRIVEN SOUTH OUT OF CANADA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AS THEY COME OVER THE RIDGE. THIS PATTERN WILL BRING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. ONE CAVEAT TO THIS WARMER PATTERN HOWEVER IS THAT A SURFACE HIGH TO THE NORTH WILL KEEP A NORTHERLY FLOW FIRMLY IN PLACE AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE THE GENERAL RULE. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...A COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WITH NORTH WINDS GENERALLY IN THE 10-20KT RANGE. NORTH WIND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BECOMING 15-25KTS WITH GUSTS 30-35KTS BEFORE DECREASING AGAIN THIS EVENING. LITTLE CLOUD COVER ANTICIPATED TODAY OTHER THAN CIRRUS AOA 20KFT. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT WITH WINDS SPEEDS GENERALLY BETWEEN 15-25KTS WITH GUSTS 30-35KTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WHERE SPEEDS OF 22-32KTS AND GUSTS NEAR 40KTS ARE POSSIBLE. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ANTICIPATED TODAY OTHER THAN SOME HIGH CLOUDS AOA 20KFT. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 6 PM PST TODAY FOR NVZ021. AZ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM MST TODAY FOR AZZ002-036. CA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 6 PM PST TODAY FOR CAZ527. && MORGAN/SALMEN HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 252 AM PST FRI JAN 9 2009 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-100800- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- 252 AM PST FRI JAN 9 2009 /352 AM MST FRI JAN 9 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG NORTH WINDS TODAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM PACIFIC TIME...OR 1 PM TO 7 PM MOUNTAIN TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ001-003-CAZ519>526-NVZ014>020-022-100800- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- 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- 252 AM PST FRI JAN 9 2009 /352 AM MST FRI JAN 9 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two men drowned on Lake Mohave when their small boat capsized. Wind gusts between 30 and 40 mph were measured in the area at the time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind, Lake Mead/Lake Mohave National Recreation Area | 2009-01-09 | 70 | Male | Boating | Indirect |
| Strong Wind, Lake Mead/Lake Mohave National Recreation Area | 2009-01-09 | 74 | Male | Boating | Indirect |
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