Nine people died in Clark County of heat related causes.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
Nine people died in Clark County 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 Jun 30, 7:30 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 830 PM PDT Sat Jun 30 2018 .SYNOPSIS...Expect dry weather conditions and temperatures right around normal through much of next week before high pressure builds in from the east bringing increasing temperatures heading into next weekend. More humid conditions are possible in Mohave County by the end of the week as higher moisture is directed towards the area from the southeast. && .UPDATE...Mostly clear skies exist across the region today with temperatures today topping off pretty close to seasonal normals. Did get some reports of smoke/haze across the Mohave Valley and parts of Northwest Arizona which appears to have advected in from fires in Southwest Utah. Some of this thin smoke layer will linger overnight across areas mainly south of I-15. The current forecast looks good and no updates are planned this evening. -Outler- && .DISCUSSION...Another day of quiet weather across the region today with expected highs falling just short of normal, light winds and abundant sunshine. Ditto for Sunday except we should see high temperatures climb a few degrees above normal. Temperatures level out Monday before falling back to normal Tuesday and on the July 4th holiday. There will be a better chance of seeing increasing breezes Monday and Tuesday afternoon with lighter winds returning for the 4th. Models are generally in good agreement that increasing moisture to our southeast will be directed towards our area next weekend. A combination of high pressure over the intermountain region and an inverted trough moving westward is forecast to bring higher moisture and increasing instability to the area. The official 7-day forecast still looks dry but models are forecasting enhanced southeast winds and higher surface dewpoint temperatures into Mohave County on Friday across. If model trends hold, this could be the first good push of monsoon moisture into the region. && .AVIATION...For McCarran...Typical diurnal winds are expected tonight and Sunday, with south winds around 10 kts at night and east to southeast winds 5 to 10 knots during the afternoon hours. No weather or significant clouds expected. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...Generally quiet weather is expected through the rest of the weekend, with winds under 20 knots. Aside from a slight chance of thunderstorms over the Sierra crest Sunday afternoon, no weather or significant clouds expected. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && DISCUSSION/AVIATION...Salmen 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.
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Eight people died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
One person died in southern Clark County 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 | 2018-07-02 | 62 | Male | Unknown | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2018-07-01 | 53 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2018-07-02 | 78 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2018-07-02 | 61 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2018-07-04 | 52 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2018-07-04 | 78 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2018-07-05 | 49 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2018-07-02 | 65 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Heat, Southern Clark | 2018-07-05 | 78 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, July 2018
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: 773530, 773531.