One man died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
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One man died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
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 Aug 10, 8:06 AM PST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 906 AM PDT SUN AUG 10 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A GRADUAL INCREASE IN MONSOON MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN INCREASED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THROUGH TUESDAY. BY MIDWEEK... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION WITH A DRYING TREND WORKING IN FROM FRIDAY ONWARD. && .UPDATE...INCREASED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY COMBINING WITH UPPER DYNAMICS IS PRODUCING AN AREA OF CLOUDS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN CLARK...WESTERN MOHAVE AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THIS MORNING. LOOKS LIKE WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME JET DYNAMICS WITH UPPER DIFLUENCE OVER CLARK...MOHAVE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES TODAY. THE MODELS ARE NOT GENERATING MUCH QPF BUT BASED ON THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN AND ONGOING CONVECTION I DECIDED TO INCREASE POPS A BIT ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA. -HARRISON- && .PREV DISCUSSION... 222 AM PDT SUN AUG 10 2014 .SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN THIS MORNING FEATURES A DEEPENING UPPER LOW OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST AND A RIDGE CENTER WORKING TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. WITH MORE OF A SOUTHERLY FLOW...PARTICULARLY ACROSS OUR EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...MOISTURE HAS BEEN ON THE INCREASE OVER THE LAST 24-48 HOURS. THE NORTHWESTWARD INCREASE OF MONSOON MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF MOHAVE COUNTY WILL BE A FOCUS TODAY...AS WELL AS SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF LINCOLN...CLARK...AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SEE CONVECTION ALONG THE SIERRA...BEING CLOSE TO THE DYNAMICS OF THE UPPER LOW. THERE REMAINS DRY AIR AT LOW LEVELS LEADING TO A GOOD CHANCE OF GUSTY WINDS IN THE 40-50 MPH RANGE WITH ANY CONVECTION GENERALLY WEST OF THE COLORADO RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD WANE WITH LOSS OF HEATING. HOWEVER...A SOUTHWEST-NORTHEAST ORIENTED UPPER LEVEL JET IS STILL ON TAP TO STRETCH ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND IMPINGE ON OUR FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS WITH THIS FEATURE. LATEST GUIDANCE SHIFTED THIS OVERNIGHT CONVECTION FARTHER WEST THAN WHAT WAS BEING ADVERTISED 24 HOURS AGO. SO...HAVE EXTENDED POPS FARTHER WEST. THEN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...INSTABILITY IS NOT THE GREATEST WITH LIFTED INDEX VALUES STILL SHOWING GENERALLY BETWEEN ZERO AND -3. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE CLOSED UPPER LOW JUST TO OUR WEST WILL INCREASE WIND SHEAR. FORECAST 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 KNOTS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY...LEADING TO PERHAPS MORE ORGANIZED AFTERNOON CONVECTION...INCREASING THE WIND THREAT...AND AIDING TERRAIN INDUCED STORMS TO MOVE TO LOWER ELEVATIONS. OVERALL...TUESDAY WILL DEPEND ON WHAT OCCURS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS GUIDANCE INDICATES SOME CONVECTION MAY CONTINUE OR REDEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT. GIVEN THE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS REMAINING ACROSS THE REGION...HAVE KEPT SOME POPS THROUGH THE MONDAY NIGHT TIME PERIOD TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS TODAY BEFORE COOLING TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THANKS TO THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND DEBRIS CLOUDS. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK THEN RISING TO NEAR NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND. THERE IS FAIR TO GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT THAT THE MONSOONAL FLOW WILL AGAIN TAKE AIM AT THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING EAST OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LINCOLN, CLARK, EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO AND MOHAVE COUNTIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING THEN PRIMARILY OVER MOHAVE COUNTY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY AS A DRIER/MORE STABLE AIRMASS IS FORECAST UNDER A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KTS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO MORE EAST/SOUTHEASTERLY FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS 7-11 KTS WILL THEN PICK UP THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. CONVECTION FROM THE PEACH SPRINGS TO MORMON MESA CORRIDORS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. COULD ALSO SEE SOME BETTER CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT /PERHAPS A SHOWER OR STORM/ ACROSS THE SPRING AND SHEEP RANGE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON THAN YESTERDAY. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SCATTERED-BROKEN CUMULUS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SIERRA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. ELSEWHERE MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS FAVORING TYPICAL DIURNAL WIND PATTERNS. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...PADDOCK LONG TERM...SALMEN FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
One man died in Las Vegas 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 | 2014-08-10 | 74 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
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