One person died of heat related causes. The high temperature was 104.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
One person died of heat related causes. The high temperature was 104.
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 29, 9:05 PM PST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1005 PM PDT MON JUL 29 2013 .SYNOPSIS...DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING TO NEAR NORMAL. A WEAK DISTURBANCE COULD BRING A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY LATE IN THE WEEK OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE AREA. && .UPDATE...A SPOTTER IN BISHOP HAS REPORTED SMOKE WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO 2 MILES IN PARTS OF TOWN AND SURROUNDING AREAS. HAVE UPDATED THE GRIDS TO ADD SMOKE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...A RELATIVELY DRIER AND STABLE AIR MASS WILL BE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...JUST SOME AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CUMULUS CLOUDS 10-12K FEET MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. WINDS MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH AROUND 10 KTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS MAY BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY. FEW CLOUDS AROUND 10-12K FEET THROUGH TUESDAY WITH WINDS AROUND 10 KTS OR LESS TONIGHT AND UP TO 15 KTS ON TUESDAY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 220 PM PDT MON JUL 29 2013 .SHORT TERM...THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A FEW STORMS HAVE FORMED THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS WHERE THEY WERE EXPECTED. OTHERWISE...DRY AIR CONTINUES TO TAKE HOLD ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN AREAS AS EVIDENCED BY MINIMAL CLOUD COVER AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS THAT ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S VS LOW TO MID 60S YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES ARE WARMER THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL WITH LAS VEGAS CLOSING IN ON 100 DEGREES AT 145 PM. FOR THE REST OF TODAY...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH A DOWNWARD TREND IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THERE MAY BE LINGERING SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING ACROSS MAINLY LINCOLN COUNTY THEN DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EVERYWHERE LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE GFS BRINGS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE NORTH THROUGH THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND BRUSHES SOUTHEAST MOHAVE COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD PRODUCE A SHALLOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SURGE ESPECIALLY IF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ARE PRESENT. DO NOT EXPECT STORMS AT THIS TIME AND MAINTAINED A HOT AND DRY FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNDER A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW DURING THE PERIOD WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND AFTERNOON SOUTH/SOUTHWEST SURFACE BREEZES. THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT BRINGING SOME MOISTURE UP FROM THE SOUTH INTO MOHAVE COUNTY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LEADING TO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FOR ROUGHLY THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. THE MODELS DIVERGE AFTER FRIDAY WITH THE GFS INDICATING A VERY DRY WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE AREA WITH A TROUGH MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. THE ECMWF HOWEVER LEAVES THIS TROUGH WELL OFF SHORE WITH MORE OF A SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER OUR AREA AND KEEPING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY OVER MOHAVE COUNTY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO FULLY TRUST A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF MONSOON MOISTURE THIS TIME OF YEAR SO I INDICATED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY OVER EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && AG/SALMEN/HARRISON 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 334 AM PDT MON JUL 29 2013 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-300100- 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- 334 AM PDT MON JUL 29 2013 /334 AM MST MON JUL 29 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. CONSIDERABLY DRIER AIR SPREADING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY TO LINCOLN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 person in the Las Vegas area died 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 | 2013-07-30 | 72 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
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