Three people died in Las Vegas of heat-related causes.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
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 25, 8:12 PM PST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 912 PM PDT SAT JUL 25 2015 .SYNOPSIS...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BE OVER THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. LOCALLY BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SET UP NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK LEADING TO SOMEWHAT WARMER TEMPERATURES AND A MODEST INCREASE IN MOISTURE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE FAR SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY...WITH A BETTER CHANCE LATER IN THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND AREA WIDE. && ..UPDATE... VERY QUIET WEATHER ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND NO UPDATES PLANNED. .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...SOUTHWEST WINDS 8-10 KTS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS LIKELY AGAIN MUCH OF SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS 10-15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KNOTS SHOULD KICK IN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MAINLY SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15 KNOTS AND GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TYPICAL DRAINAGE WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. && PREV DISCUSSION 245 PM PDT SAT JUL 25 2015 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE MODELS ARE GENERALLY IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THIS FORECAST PERIOD. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL AND SOME AFTERNOON SOUTHERLY BREEZES. BY WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WHICH HAS BEEN CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL SHIFT TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLIGHT WARMING OVER OUR AREA WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN MONSOON MOISTURE. INITIALLY THE MOISTURE AND CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO AND MOHAVE COUNTIES WEDNESDAY...CREEPING A BIT FARTHER NORTH AND WEST THURSDAY. BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY I CANNOT RULE THUNDERSTORMS OUT IN ANY PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA SO I INCREASED POPS TO INCLUDE A MENTION OF AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OFF THE GFS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN CWA IS PRETTY HIGH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BUT I AM NOT SEEING ANY SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVES OR INVERTED TROUGHS TO ENHANCE OR FOCUS PRECIPITATION YET. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && HARRISON 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 | 2015-07-28 | 65 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2015-07-26 | 88 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2015-07-27 | 64 | Female | Permanent Structure | Direct |
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: 592658.