One man died of heat stroke in Death Valley National Park.
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One man died of heat stroke in Death Valley National Park.
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 Sep 19, 8:47 AM PST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 947 AM PDT THU SEP 19 2013 .SYNOPSIS...DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND ARE FORECAST FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. THIS TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO BRING COOLER CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SHOWERS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SHOWERS MAY ACCOMPANY THE NEXT TROUGH ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .UPDATE...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH LIGHTER WINDS UP TO 10 MPH IN THE SOUTHERN AREAS. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENED AGAIN OVERNIGHT AND RESULTED IN GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OVER MAINLY THE NORTHERN CWA ZONES BUT OVERALL...THESE SHOULD ALSO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS THE GRADIENT RELAXES. UPDATED WIND/WIND GUST GRIDS OTHERWISE...CLEAR AND DRY TODAY WITH SEASONAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS GENERALLY 7-9 KTS THEN BECOMING SOLID NORTHEAST UNDER 8KTS THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 KTS AFTER 03Z THIS EVENING. A CLEAR SKY IS FORECAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA THIS MORNING THEN DIMINISHING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 20 KTS IN PORTIONS OF MOHAVE COUNTY. A CLEAR SKY IS EXPECTED. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION..248 AM PDT... .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A RIDGE AXIS WILL SLIDE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY ALLOWING FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND A WARMING TREND UNDER AMPLE SUNSHINE. THE GREATEST WARMING SHOULD BE IN THE WESTERN CWFA. OVERALL CLASSIC MID-SEPTEMBER WEATHER IN THIS AREA. THE RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO SLIDE EAST INTO UTAH TONIGHT ALLOWING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW TO INCREASE AHEAD OF AN INCOMING TROUGH ADVANCING ACROSS THE PACIFIC. MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST ANOTHER 1-2 DEGREES C OF WARMING THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN, WHICH SHOULD BOOST HIGH TEMPS ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO AND THE CONS MODELS WERE AGAIN FOLLOWED FOR TEMPS. A FEW HIGH CLOUDS MAY SNEAK INTO THE NORTHWEST CWFA LATE IN THE DAY BUT OTHERWISE IT LOOKS SUNNY. WINDS SHOULD PICK UP FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTH-SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON, HOWEVER WITH 700 MB WINDS OFF THE GFS AND ECMWF ONLY AROUND 20 KTS TOPS, AT BEST EXPECT BREEZY CONDITIONS MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION EAST INTO CALIFORNIA ON SATURDAY AND THEN ACROSS THE CWA EARLY SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS MAY BE SEEN OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION...THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE INCREASED WINDS OVER THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SOME AREAS POSSIBLY APPROACHING WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...OR GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE OVERALL WINDS... DOWNSLOPE WINDS MAY ALSO FORM ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE AREA MOUNTAINS DURING THIS PERIOD. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THE TROUGH SHIFTS INTO EASTERN UTAH WHICH BRING DRY WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CWA. THIS WILL USHER IN COOLER AIR OVER THE AREA WITH TEMPERATURES LIKELY DROPPING TO BELOW NORMAL ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER PACIFIC TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWA LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL LIKELY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDS ON TUESDAY AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && UPDATE...SALMEN PREV DISC...STACHELSKI/JENSEN FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 316 AM PDT THU SEP 19 2013 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-200130- 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- 316 AM PDT THU SEP 19 2013 /316 AM MST THU SEP 19 2013/ 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY BEFORE SHIFTING EAST BY EARLY SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASED WINDS TO THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY LINCOLN/MOHAVE AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEEN ON SUNDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDS MAY BE SEEN LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS A SECOND PACIFIC STORM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
One man died of heat stroke in the southern end of Death Valley National Park.
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, Death Valley National Park | 2013-09-19 | 64 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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