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 17, 7:08 PM PST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 808 PM PDT Wed Jul 17 2019 .SYNOPSIS...Expect dry and breezy conditions with temperatures close to seasonal normals through the rest of the week. Increasing monsoonal moisture is expected late in the weekend or early next week. && .UPDATE...Allowed the Red Flag Warning to expire on schedule as winds were decreasing as expected this evening. Winds should stay just below Red Flag criteria Thursday and Friday, but with humidity very low, fire danger will remain high. No other changes at this time. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 242 PM PDT Wed Jul 17 2019 .DISCUSSION...The low level moisture surge out of the Gulf of California has been sheared eastward into central Arizona, limiting any chance of convection across southern Mohave County. As discussed this morning, the weak troughing aloft has resulted in persistent dry, southwesterly flow aloft and breezy winds over the area this afternoon. The flow field aloft will weaken as this feature lifts northward. That said, southwesterly flow is expected to hold over the area through the weekend. With the broad subtropical ridge focused across the eastern US through the Saturday, temperature readings should run close to normal for mid July. The ridge will quickly retrograde back to the Four Corners region on Sunday, priming the moisture pump for early next week. Ensemble systems are honing in on a persistent funnel of moisture entering the forecast area as early as Monday. That said, confidence in scattered thunderstorms next week is growing. This far out it is very challenging to point out which day will be more active over another. Stakeholders will need to keep a close eye on the forecast next week as these "Gulf Moisture Surges" can take us by surprise and evolve quickly. && .FIRE WEATHER...Gusty southwest winds will gradually relax over the next several days and are expected to remain below critical thresholds after this afternoon. Dry conditions are expected with minimum humidities largely in the single digits through the weekend. A funnel of Monsoon moisture will sweep across the region early next week, raising minimum humidity above critical values. With increasing moisture next week, thunderstorm chances will begin to increase, especially over the higher terrain. && .AVIATION...For McCarran...Expect similar wind patterns to yesterday for today. Southwest winds will continue to gust to 20-25kt this evening. Gusts should drop off overnight but south winds will remain at or above 10kts through the night. Increasing southwest winds are expected again Thursday late morning and continue through the afternoon, again gusting to around 20kts. Outside of the winds, no impactful aviation weather is expected with mainly clear skies and dry weather. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...Gusty south to southwest winds continue into the early evening before decreasing overnight. Expect similar wind conditions on Thursday, with gusts 20 to 30 kts expected Thursday afternoon. Otherwise, it will be dry with mainly clear skies through the period. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && UPDATE....................Morgan DISCUSSION/FIRE WEATHER...Boothe AVIATION..................Wolf 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 | 2019-07-19 | 69 | Male | Unknown | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2019-07-18 | 65 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2019-07-19 | 51 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, July 2019
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: 837612.