Two people died in Clark County of heat related causes. High temperatures were 104 to 106 degrees.
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Two people died in Clark County of heat related causes. High temperatures were 104 to 106 degrees.
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 31, 8:05 PM PST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 905 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 .SYNOPSIS...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE MOHAVE COUNTY WHERE A MORE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP MOISTURE AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. && .UPDATE...LATEST SATELLITE A RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED ONGOING CONVECTION NEAR FLAGSTAFF AND OTHER PARTS OF EASTERN ARIZONA...WITH JUST A FEW MID/HIGH CLOUDS DRIFTING OVER OUR FORECAST AREA ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK NORTHERLY MOISTURE ADVECTION. ANY FORCING MECHANISMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL TO THE EAST AND A QUIET NIGHT IS ANTICIPATED. THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE WHETHER ANY LINGERING MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH FUEL FOR CONVECTION TOMORROW AS DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW IS FORECAST TO ENVELOP THE ENTIRE CWA. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...TYPICAL NIGHT TIME DRAINAGE WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY...STRONGER SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 15-20 KTS AND GUSTS 25-30 KTS POSSIBLE. A FEW HIGH CLOUDS MAY DRIFT OVER THE AREA AT TIMES...AS WELL AS A FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS AROUND 15K FEET OVER THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE FEW-SCT CLOUDS 12-14K FEET. TYPICAL NIGHT TIME DRAINAGE WINDS OVERNIGHT...STRONGER SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON 15-25 KTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 KTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 237 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...SATELLITE SHOWED A DECENT AMOUNT OF CUMULUS OVER MOHAVE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND MODELS INDICATE THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE PATTERN FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE SOME MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY LINGERING OVER EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY WITH DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ELSEWHERE. REALLY NOT EVEN THAT CONFIDENT THERE WILL BE MUCH ACTIVITY OVER MOHAVE COUNTY BUT STILL WORTH MENTIONING A CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...VERY LITTLE CHANGE WAS NEEDED IN THE LONG TERM FORECAST AS THE MODELS CONTINUE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. A TROUGH OVER THE PACNW SHIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST...BUT A WEAK CUT-OFF LOW/TROUGH REMAINS OFF/OVER THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS COMBINED WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING OVER THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO AREA WILL KEEP GENERALLY DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE AND INTO MOHAVE COUNTY DURING THE PERIOD FOR ISOLATED POSSIBLY SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT WEST AND NORTH PUSH OF MOISTURE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AS BOTH THE GFS/ECMWF HINT AT A WEAK EASTERLY WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THUS BUMPED POPS UP SLIGHTLY FOR THIS PERIOD AND EXPANDED SLIGHT CHANCE INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF CLARK/LINCOLN COUNTIES. WITH THE POTENTIAL OF ADDITIONAL MOISTURE...TRENDED AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES DOWN A DEGREE OR TWO FOR NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN SECTION... RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES BEING NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && UPDATE...WOLCOTT PREV DISCUSSION...HARRISON/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 237 AM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 AZZ001-003-010700- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- 237 AM MST WED JUL 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS EACH DAY OVER EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY DURING THE PERIOD. .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. AZZ002-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-010700- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-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- 237 AM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 /237 AM MST WED JUL 31 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. JA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Two people died in the Las Vegas area of heat related causes.
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 | 2013-08-02 | 48 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2013-08-01 | 82 | Male | Permanent Home | Indirect |
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