One man died in Las Vegas of heat-related causes.
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One man 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 Sep 12, 8:30 AM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 930 AM PDT MON SEP 12 2016 .SYNOPSIS...A potent low pressure system will move into the region bringing increasingly gusty winds and cooler temperatures to start the week. Any precipitation chances will be limited to the Sierra Nevada and southern Great Basin. Dry and seasonable temperatures will return during the second half of the week. && .UPDATE...Will be sending out an update late this morning to add the Morongo Basin to the wind advisory as well as the southern extent of the Owens Valley. High resolution models as well as the HRRR agree on at least a period of strong winds from Olancha southward which may impact the 395 corridor with strong crosswinds this evening. Otherwise...the forecast is in good shape. The update will go out closer to noon to coincide with when the wind advisory products go into effect. -Outler- && .SHORT TERM...Today through Wednesday night. The weak upper level disturbance that was meandering over California this past weekend is now moving east over southern Nevada this morning. The feature will continue east into Utah as a much stronger shortwave over the Pacific Northwest digs south into northern California/western Nevada late this afternoon. Gusty southwest to west winds will be strongest today from the western Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County east into Mohave County as well as along the southern Sierra crest. Considered including Arizona zones 1 and 3 into the wind advisory today but conditions just look too marginal as compared to a better prospect for an advisory Tuesday. However, did issue a Lake Wind Advisory for the Lake Mead Natl Recreation Area. A closed upper low is forecast to develop tonight in the vicinity of the central Sierra Nevada between Sacramento and Reno. System progged to be quite dynamic but as with most systems coming in from the north it will be lacking much moisture. The low will squeeze any available moisture out with models in good agreement developing a band of precipitation from northern Inyo, Esmeralda Counties northeast toward Elko tonight through Tuesday. Some of this precipitation will fall as snow above 10 kft. A dry slot working in around the southern periphery of the low will keep the Mojave Desert dry but windy Tuesday. Much of Lincoln, Clark and Mohave Counties could be under a wind advisory Tuesday. Will allow the day shift to make that determination after analysis of the 12z model output. Upper low begins to fill and lift northeast into southeast Idaho/northern Utah Tuesday night/Wednesday bringing an end to the precipitation across central Nevada and decreasing winds to the Mojave Desert. Today will be the last day of near normal temperatures with upper low ushering in a big drop in temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday. .LONG TERM...Thursday through Saturday. Models in fairly decent agreement into the weekend. As the main trough departs, some troughiness is left in it's wake from Colorado to Arizona. With little if any moisture around, the only influence will be to temper any warmup slightly and northeast breezes lingering across Lincoln and northeast Clark counties. Otherwise, a quiet and dry northwesterly flow. Model consensus then collapses once again after the end of the period next week with the next trough. The Euro keeps the wave open and progressive while the GFS once again tries to develop a cutoff. && .FIRE WEATHER...The main concern will be increasing winds Monday and Tuesday. By Tuesday, gusts may exceed 40-45 mph across much of the region (Confidence: High). Minimum RH values will generally hover in the 10-20 percent range in the valleys and 15-25 percent in the mountains early this week (Confidence: High). These two factors are likely to combine to bring areas of Red Flag conditions. The Fire Weather Watch that was in effect for much of Southern Nevada and the Colorado River Valley has been upgraded to a Red Flag Warning. && .AVIATION...For McCarran...Sustained south-southwest winds 10- 15 kts with gusts up to 20 kts possible this morning. Winds increase with gusts 30-35 kts possible this afternoon and evening. Wind speeds are expected to stay up tonight into Tuesday with gusts possibly around 40 kts Tuesday. VFR conditions are expected through the period but will have to watch for areas of blowing dust. For the rest of southern Nevada...northwest Arizona...and southeast California...Gusty southwest-west winds will affect primarily the Mojave Desert and southeast Nevada today through Tuesday with gusts in excess of 40 kts at times. Area of blowing dust and sand are possible. Lower cigs and precipitation will develop tonight through Tuesday affecting mainly KBIH. VFR conditions are expected elsewhere. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Windy conditions are expected to develop today through Tuesday along with showers in the Sierra and southern Great Basin. Spotters are encourage to report any significant weather or weather-related damage. && Short Term/Fire/Aviation...Pierce Long Term..................Steele 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 | 2016-09-12 | 86 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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