There were widespread strong northwest winds in the wake of the strong storm which helped produce the flash flooding several days earlier. Isolated high winds and damage occurred.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
There were widespread strong northwest winds in the wake of the strong storm which helped produce the flash flooding several days earlier. Isolated high winds and damage occurred.
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 15, 1:08 AM PST, 9 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 208 AM PDT FRI APR 15 2016 .SYNOPSIS...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AND COOLER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF LAS VEGAS. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND SEVERAL DEGREES ON SATURDAY WITH WINDS DIMINISHING BY EVENING. THE WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES RISING WELL ABOVE NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT...WHICH MOVED THROUGH LAS VEGAS AROUND MIDNIGHT... CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY BEHIND THIS FEATURE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY...THEN FINALLY DIMINISH BY SATURDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THOUGH IT'S LIKELY THAT SOME ZONES MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY AS WINDS TAPER OFF TOMORROW. NORTHERLY BREEZES WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. OUTSIDE OF THE WINDS THE FRONT WILL COOL TEMPERATURES AROUND 10-15 DEGREES OVER THOSE SEEN YESTERDAY. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PASSES JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF LAS VEGAS TODAY IT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION MAINLY TO LINCOLN...NORTHERN MOHAVE...AND NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTIES. DRIER CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES WARMING TO AROUND NORMAL ARE THEN EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY TRAVERSE THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE DRY CONDITIONS WITH A WARMING TREND. HIGH TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY STILL LOOK TO BE AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY OF THE YEAR A GOOD BET FOR MCCARRAN AIRPORT IN LAS VEGAS. THE RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO SHIFT EAST INTO UTAH BY THURSDAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUDS ALONG WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS STARTING TO PICK UP IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CWA. TEMPERATURES LOOK SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH SATURDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 KTS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORMON MESA CORRIDOR TODAY...BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT ON SATURDAY...BUT COULD VEER AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST BY AFTERNOON. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE TODAY WITH GUSTS 25-45 KTS. A FEW ISOLATED AREAS WITH BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE TO THE NORTHEAST OF LAS VEGAS TODAY...WITH CIGS REMAINING MAINLY ABOVE 10K FEET. BREEZY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...DIMINISHING IN MOST AREAS BY SATURDAY EVENING. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...WOLCOTT LONG TERM...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 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees blew down in different parts of the Las Vegas Valley. Winds were estimated at 40-50 mph.
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