One person died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
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One person 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 Jul 17, 9:12 AM PST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1012 AM PDT THU JUL 17 2014 .SYNOPSIS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY WHILE THE MOJAVE DESERT REMAINS DRY. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE ENTIRE REGION FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. && .UPDATE...CLOUD BAND HAS BECOME PRETTY THICK ACROSS LINCOLN INTO MOHAVE COUNTIES. BASED ON THAT TREND AND LATEST MODEL RH PROGS I UPDATED SKY GRIDS TO INCREASE SKY COVER ACROSS THOSE AREAS AND CENTRAL NYE AND ESMERALDA COUNTIES TODAY AND THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. -HARRISON- && .PREV DISCUSSION... 325 AM PDT THU JUL 17 2014 .SHORT TERM...THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...NO CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING IN THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT AND THE EXPECTED AREAS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY IS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. A MID TO UPPER LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEVADA TO NORTHWEST ARIZONA WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITH DIFFERENTIAL HEATING. EVEN THOUGH DEWPOINTS HAVE DROPPED INTO THE 30S ACROSS MUCH OF CLARK COUNTY AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS...WILL ALSO KEEP A 15-20 PERCENT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION OVER THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE THIS AFTERNOON CONSIDERING WHAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN A MARGINALLY STABLE ENVIRONMENT. HIGH TEMPS TODAY WERE INCREASED A COUPLE DEGREES IN LIGHT OF WEDNESDAYS HIGHS AND THE DRIER BOUNDARY LAYER IN PLACE. FRIDAY WILL BRING FURTHER DRYING OF THE LOWER TO MID LEVELS UP THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN BUT CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA FROM BISHOP TO GOLDFIELD AND PIOCHE. THERE ARE INDICATIONS BY THE NAM AND ECMWF THAT SOME ADDITIONAL LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MOVE UP FROM NORTHWEST MEXICO AS A DISTURBANCE LIFTS UP THE BAJA COAST THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT COULD BRUSH THE SOUTHERN SIERRA INCREASE CONVECTION OVER INYO COUNTY SATURDAY. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO REINTRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION YET. IT MAY JUST LEAD TO MORE MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. THIS FEATURE IS CURRENTLY NEAR THE BAJA SPUR AND BEARS WATCHING. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...OUTSIDE OF ANY SMALL SCALE FEATURES THAT CAN'T BE HANDLED BY THE MODELS THE EXTENDED PERIOD LOOKS DRY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH MOISTURE PULLED NORTHWARD NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK WAVE TO BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO MOHAVE COUNTY...BUT EVEN THAT DOES NOT LOOK FAVORABLE. THE BIG STORY WILL BE THE STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT WILL BE PARKED OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. DURING THE PERIOD. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN SHOWING 500MB HEIGHTS RIGHT AROUND 600DAM WHICH IN TURN COULD BRING SOME RATHER WARM TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. CURRENTLY THE MEX IS SHOWING 107/111 FOR NEXT WED/THUR WHILE THE ECMWF IS SHOWING 110/112 FOR THOSE SAME DAYS IN LAS VEGAS. GIVING THE STRENGTH OF THE HIGH ITS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE NUMBERS THAT ARE EVEN WARMER THAN WHAT THE MODELS ARE SHOWING. HOWEVER...THOSE NUMBERS COULD BE TEMPERED DEPENDING ON ANY MID LEVEL MOISTURE THAT COULD GET TRAPPED UNDER THE HIGH BRINGING ENOUGH CLOUD COVER TO KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING THOSE HIGHS. DID GO AHEAD AND RAISE TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK BRINGING MAX TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO WHAT GUIDANCE IS SHOWING. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE AND IN THE BEATTY AND MORMON MESA CORRIDORS. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHERN SIERRA...ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA TODAY WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS POSSIBLE. AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORM INFLUENCES...WINDS WILL MAINLY BE SOUTHWEST 5-15 KTS. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...ADAIR LONG TERM...GORELOW 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 | 2014-07-17 | 54 | Male | Permanent Structure | Direct |
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