Strong southwest winds ahead of a cold front caused isolated damage over the Mojave Desert.
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Strong southwest winds ahead of a cold front caused isolated damage over the Mojave Desert.
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 Apr 7, 7:53 AM PST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 853 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 .SYNOPSIS...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA TODAY BRINGING MORE WIND...ALONG WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA AND MUCH OF HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN NEVADA. COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY BEFORE TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY REBOUND LATER IN THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .UPDATE...WINDS WERE STARTING TO RESPOND AS TEMPERATURES RISE AND MIXING DEEPENS. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...AND WIND ADVISORIES LOOK GOOD. PRECIP WAS WORKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CA TOWARD THE SIERRA. STILL CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH SNOW WILL SPILL OVER TO THE EASTERN SLOPES. HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS SUGGEST A FEW INCHES OF SNOW NEAR THE CREST BUT NOT MUCH MORE THAN THAT. FORECAST LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE SO NO UPDATE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 250 AM PDT TUE APR 7 2015 .SHORT TERM...THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG SPRING TROUGH CURRENTLY CENTERED OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL DRIFT ACROSS NORCAL TUESDAY AND INTO THE GREAT BASIN TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANOTHER WINDY DAY ACROSS OUR REGION WITH A BELT OF STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH FROM THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL AGAIN BE A CONCERN. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE OWENS VALLEY AND SIERRA...HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS NOT AS STRONG WITH WINDS ACROSS THIS AREA LIKELY DUE TO THE DECREASING STABILITY IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING TROUGH. THEREFORE NO ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY POSTED IN THIS AREA BUT LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED BLOWING DUST WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS...SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH PRECIPITATION SPREADING ACROSS THE SIERRA. GREATEST PRECIPITATION TOTALS LOOK TO STAY WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST BUT WE'LL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON ANY SPILLOVER AS SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW MAY QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW LEVELS WILL CRASH TO NEAR 4000 FEET WITH A FEW FLAKES OF SNOW EVEN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OWENS VALLEY TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE THINGS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. NOT EXPECTING ANY ACCUMULATIONS IN THE OWENS VALLEY...BUT IT FEEL COOL AND WINTRY. AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST TUESDAY NIGHT ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL BREAK OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS. MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE WEDNESDAY BEFORE TEMPERATURES SLOWLY BEGIN TO REBOUND THURSDAY AS SOME SHORT WAVE RIDGING BUILDS IN BEHIND THE TROUGH. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE LONG TERM PERIOD BEGINS FRIDAY WITH RIDGING IN PLACE WITH OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE CONTINUING TO DEPICT A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW ORIGINATING FROM A LOW OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA DIVING SOUTHWARD OFF OF THE CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOW TO SPLIT BY LATE FRIDAY THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE WEEKEND...WITH OUR CWA SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE TWO JETS...THUS YIELDING BENIGN WEATHER. OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE IS IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT THIS EVENING WITH HANDLING THE THE MAIN TROUGH AS IT MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH THE LATEST OPERATIONAL GFS RUNS TRENDING TOWARD THE ECMWF FLATTER SOLUTION. MINOR DIFFERENCES CONTINUE TO EXIST IN TIMING FROM 6Z SATURDAY ONWARD WITH THE SOUTHERN LOW. HOWEVER...ALL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO POINT TOWARD THIS BEING A MINOR PLAYER IN TERMS OF WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA...WITH HIGH CLOUDS BEING THE MOST LIKELY OUTCOME. NORTHWEST FLOW FROM THE MAIN BRANCH OF THE JET LOOKS TO MOVE OVER THE AREA SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LOWS DEPART THE AREA TO THE EAST. THIS IS THE LAST HIGHER CONFIDENCE PERIOD OF THE FORECAST AS GUIDANCE BEGINS TO DIVERGE ON THE EXACT DETAILS OF THE OVERALL PATTERN AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. THERE IS REASONABLE AGREEMENT ON AN OVERALL SPLIT FLOW PATTERN CONTINUING WITH A STRONG PACIFIC HIGH GENERALLY LOCATED SOMEWHERE WEST OF THE US COAST...THUS KEEPING THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE JET SEPARATED. AT THIS TIME...GUIDANCE DOES NOT HAVE A HANDLE ON THE PLACEMENT OF THIS HIGH...WHICH WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT THE TRACK OF THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL LOW ORIGINATING FROM THE LARGE GULF OF ALASKA LOW THAT LOOKS TO DIG SOUTHWARD INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY EARLY/MID NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE...OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST FROM MONDAY ONWARD IS LOW WITH SEVERAL SCENARIOS IN PLAY INCLUDING FLAT RIDGING OVER THE AREA...A TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST...TO HIGHLY AMPLIFIED RIDGING OVER THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD...WITH HIGHS GRADUALLY WARMING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH AT LEAST LATE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURE TRENDS REMAIN UNCERTAIN INTO NEXT WEEK...AS THEY WILL BE DEPENDENT ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN. .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...SOME BLOWING DUST IS A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS MAKE A RETURN TO THE AREA TODAY. THE STRONGEST PERIOD OF WINDS AT THE TERMINAL IS EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH ROUGHLY MIDNIGHT...WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 25-30 KTS SUSTAINED AND GUSTS BETWEEN 35-40 KTS LIKELY. MECHANICAL TURBULENCE WILL BE LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT ALL TAF SITES TODAY WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 25-35 KTS AND GUSTS BETWEEN 35-45 KTS LIKELY. MECHANICAL TURBULENCE IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE EASTERN SIERRA TO CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES KBIH. THESE AREAS WILL SEE CIGS BKN015 WITH VSBYS AS LOW AS 2SM IN SNOW SHOWERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && UPDATE...MORGAN SHORT TERM...OUTLER LONG TERM/AVIATION...PULLIN 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 strong wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds blew part of the roof off an old barn at the Corn Creek Visitors Center.
This gust occurred 40 miles E of Beatty.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, April 2015
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 559336, 559335.