Two people died of heat-related causes in the Las Vegas Valley.
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Two people died of heat-related causes in the Las Vegas Valley.
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 Jun 29, 8:00 PM PST, 4 hours earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 900 PM PDT Thu Jun 29 2017 .SYNOPSIS...Temperatures will remain slightly above normal through the weekend with continued dry weather. Lighter winds are expected across most areas Friday before the next weather disturbance brings breezy, southerly winds over the weekend. && .UPDATE...Allowed the Red Flag Warning to expire on schedule as winds had subsided. No other changes at this time. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 220 PM PDT Thu Jun 29 2017 .SHORT TERM...through Sunday. The area will be under a quasi-zonal flow tonight ahead of an upper ridge building in to the west coast. Ridging will progress eastward across the western US, with a shortwave trough following behind. The following shortwave will quickly dig across the Great Basin Saturday bringing high clouds and inducing a breezy southerly flow for most areas -- this will be the main impact associated with the disturbance. Winds will slightly decrease Sunday as the trough exits the region. Otherwise, dry conditions are forecast through Sunday with afternoon temperatures 3-5 degrees above normal. .LONG TERM...Monday through Thursday. The forecast remains dry through the middle of next week, but there are indications of the monsoon pattern developing from Tuesday onward as an area of high pressure builds around the Four Corners region. There are model differences particularly between the GFS and ECMWF solutions which lower confidence in any details. The latest GFS depicts the broad closed high centered over the Four Corners Tuesday and Wednesday then heading west toward the Great Basin as a strong 600 dam closed 500 mb circulation. This pattern would generally keep any moisture over southern Arizona but possibly pulling up through southeast California. The ECMWF closer to the Four Corners Tuesday through Thursday and even indicates an inverted trough lifting up over northwest Mexico and the Gulf of California at the same time. This could open the door to moisture from Mexico moving up into northwest Arizona and possibly southern Nevada late next week. Subtle changes often come into play this time of year during the weak flow pattern so it is difficult to have much confidence...especially this far out. We will keep watching and waiting. Meanwhile, temperatures will be near normal early in the week then trend upward if the GFS depiction ends up being closer to reality. .FIRE WEATHER...Dry weather is expected through this upcoming weekend. The Red Flag Warning continues for Mohave County until 9 PM PDT this evening. Expect a 15-20 mph wind with gusts to around 25 mph to last through the evening. Other areas will see lighter winds on Thursday and Friday before picking up once again on Saturday as a shortwave trough moves through the region. Southerly winds around 15-20 mph with gusts of 20-25 mph are likely Saturday then winds will decrease to around 10-15 mph with gusts to 20 mph on Sunday. .HYDROLOGY...Observed flows on unregulated creeks, specifically Independence Creek, Big Pine Creek and Rock Creek indicate flows continue to slowly decrease from their peak flows which occurred last week. However, creeks, streams and rivers along the eastern Sierra slopes of Inyo County as well as the Owens Valley will continue flowing high and fast into the weekend. Minor flooding could occur near creeks as well as a few low water crossings on some roadways. Remember, never drive through flooded roadways or around barricades. Also, pastureland or farmland adjacent to creeks, streams or rivers could experience areas of standing water. .AVIATION...For McCarran...No clouds through Friday. Winds will likely be mainly from the southeast near 10 knots until early evening but could be south at times. Southwest winds are expected by about 02z with speeds up to 10 knots. Winds will become light and variable around 13z Friday then mainly easterly late morning through the afternoon. Winds go back to southwesterly again after about 03z Friday evening. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...Most areas will have southeast to southwest winds 10-15 knots with gusts 20-25 knots through early evening. Northwest winds will push south this evening and overnight, reaching to just north of Las Vegas with light and variable winds elsewhere. Variable winds expected Friday 5-15 knots. No cloud cover through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && UPDATE...Morgan SHORT TERM...Boothe LONG TERM....Adair AVIATION.....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.
Two people died of heat-related causes in the Las Vegas Valley.
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 | 2017-06-30 | 43 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2017-06-30 | 69 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
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