Three people died in Las Vegas of heat-related causes.
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Three people 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 13, 7:43 PM PST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 843 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2015 .SYNOPSIS...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE MAY BE PULLED NORTHWARD FROM HURRICANE DOLORES...CURRENTLY OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL MEXICO...LEADING TO A RETURN OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. && .UPDATE...A TROUGH AXIS IS FORECAST ALONG THE WEST COAST OVERNIGHT AND DEEP LAYER SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CURRENTLY EAST OF MOHAVE COUNTY...OUT OF THE AREA. A FEW HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND OVERALL WIND SPEEDS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE. NO UPDATES NEEDED AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS OVERNIGHT THEN BECOMING LIGHT TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS WEEK WITH DRY CONDITIONS BEFORE POTENTIAL CHANGES TOWARD THE WEEKEND. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 KTS OR LESS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SIMILAR WIND TRENDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS WEEK BEFORE POTENTIAL BIGGER CHANGES TOWARD THE WEEKEND. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...308 PM PDT... .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE LITTLE VARIATION IN SENSIBLE WEATHER FOR OUR FORECAST AREA THROUGH THURSDAY THANKS TO THE PERSISTENT DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEST COAST TROUGH. SATELLITE LOOPS THIS AFTERNOON SHOWED AREAS OF ENHANCED CUMULUS DEVELOPING JUST OUTSIDE OUR BORDERS NORTH OF INYO COUNTY AND EAST OF MOHAVE COUNTY. LIMITED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL LURK NEAR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA TUESDAY AND WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EMPHASIS ON SLIGHT. A BAND OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE EXTENDING FROM POINT CONCEPTION UP ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA. THIS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT LEADING TO SOME MINOR CLOUD COVER. TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON WERE RUNNING QUITE CLOSE TO FORECAST HIGHS. SIMILAR READINGS CAN BE EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND LITTLE CHANGE WAS MADE TO THE INHERITED TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE RIGHT AROUND NORMAL. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SYNOPTIC FEATURES DURING THE PERIOD ARE THE HIGH CENTER POSITIONED OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND A TROUGH OVER THE PAC NW EXTENDING SOUTH DOWN THE COAST TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THERE WILL ALSO BE HURRICANE DOLORES IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WHICH BY FRIDAY IS FORECAST TO BE ABOUT 400 MILES WEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO. FOR TWO DAYS NOW, MODELS HAVE BEEN IN AGREEMENT ADVECTING TROPICAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE MOJAVE DESERT FRIDAY. MOISTURE SPREADS NORTHWARD INTO THE GREAT BASIN OVER THE WEEKEND. DUE TO A STRONGER SOUTHWEST FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST THERE IS MORE UNCERTAINTY HOW FAR NORTHWEST MOISTURE MAY SPREAD INTO NORTHERN INYO AND ESMERALDA COUNTIES. CONFIDENCE INCREASING DEEPER MOISTURE WILL AFFECT LINCOLN, CLARK, NYE, MOHAVE, SAN BERNARDINO AND EASTERN INYO COUNTIES. A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MID/HIGH CLOUDS MAY INHIBIT INSTABILITY DUE TO A LACK OF SURFACE HEATING BUT STRENGTHENING JET UPSTAIRS COULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY DYNAMICS/LIFT, OFFSETTING THE LACK OF SURFACE HEATING. ONCE STORMS GET GOING THIS WEEKEND PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO GREATER FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && UPDATE/AVIATION...SALMEN PREV DISC...ADAIR/PIERCE 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.
Three people 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 | 2015-07-14 | 50 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2015-07-15 | 57 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2015-07-14 | 20 | Male | Permanent Structure | Indirect |
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, July 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: 592657.