Two people died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
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Two people died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
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NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 7:57 PM PST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 857 PM PDT Sat Jun 29 2019 .SYNOPSIS...Mid and high level moisture from Tropical Depression Alvin will remain over the area through Sunday once again bringing a slight chance of showers to the higher elevations. An increasing southwest flow will push the moisture east on Monday providing drier conditions for much of the upcoming week. Temperatures will remain close to normal through the period. && .UPDATE...Updated the wind, PoP, and QPF forecasts to account for latest high resolution guidance. Southwest breezes across the southern half of the Las Vegas Valley will gradually subside to light and variable by tomorrow morning. Sunday morning will bring chances of elevated showers west of Interstate 15, with little in the way of precipitation making it to the ground. The most uncertainty lies with winds, clouds will limit mixing once again, but virga showers could put down outflows with gusty winds. Have hedged toward delayed breezes for now. && .DISCUSSION... Moisture from Alvin continues to stream northeast into the region this afternoon with most of the cloud cover generally east of I-15. PW values did increase this morning with most areas across southeast California and southwest Arizona currently around 1.00", but over the past couple of hours they have generally trended flat or dropped slightly. Surface dewpoints to the south of Las Vegas are currently in the teens to mid 20s, so it does not look like a significant amount of low level moisture is working north at this time. However, there is still plenty of mid and high level moisture streaming into the region and that has help generate a few light showers and isolated thunderstorms. We did have one vortmax move through the area this morning which helped generate a couple of thunderstorms in Mohave County with a few RAWS sites in the area reporting wind gusts around 35 mph. We also had some reports of light rain in Henderson and Needles, but little elsewhere. The trend for the rest of the day is a general downtrend in shower activity, but a few light showers in Mohave County can't be ruled out. The general threat of showers and isolated thunderstorms will shift west Sunday as the main vorticity center associated with Alvin moves northeast across San Bernardino into southern Nye, southern Inyo, and Lincoln Counties by the afternoon. Like we saw today, there should be plenty of mid level moisture available, but the lower levels will remain dry. Instability will also remain weak so we are not looking for any real organized storms to develop. However, with the added vorticity we can certainly see a few isolated showers and thunderstorms with wind being the main threat. As the vort center moves northeast, conditions will become more stable and showers chances will decrease across areas south and west of Lincoln County. Dry conditions are expected areawide by Sunday evening as the vort center exits the area and a drier southwest flow moves into the area. Dry conditions along with near normal conditions are expected Monday through much of the upcoming week as the flow remains southwest. This will also keep any monsoonal moisture from reaching the area. However, there are some signs that an easterly wave moving through northern Mexico could bring an increase in moisture to the southern half of the forecast area by next weekend. We will wait and see. && .AVIATION...For McCarran...Winds have been a pain this afternoon as stubborn easterly upvalley winds have held off stronger south to southwest winds just off the surface. The south to southwest winds should have won out by the time this is posted, with gusts of 20 to 25 knots ending around sunset. Scattered to broken clouds between 10k-15k feet can be expected. Winds could be similarly tricky on Sunday. At this time, south to southwest winds are expected, but stubborn easterly winds cannot be ruled out. The remnants of Pacific Hurricane Alvin will pass by on Sunday, with slight chances for showers and thunderstorms in the Daggett and Beatty corridors. SCT- BKN 100-150 will continue for KLAS until skies clear Sunday evening. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...Scattered to broken clouds at 10k-15k feet have been widespread across Lincoln, Clark, Mohave, and eastern San Bernardino counties today, with even a stray lightning strike or two. Instability is marginal to nonexistent, so virga and a few sprinkles will be the most likely scenario for the rest of the afternoon and evening. Farther west, a cirrus deck was rolling in from the south this afternoon. Southerly winds gusting 20 to 25 knots were occurring in portions of the region, and will continue through sunset. Sunday, the remnants of Pacific Hurricane Alvin will pass by, leading to a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms roughly along an axis from western San Bernardino County through Lincoln County. The greatest concern will be very strong and erratic winds near storms. Skies will clear areawide by Sunday night. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && UPDATE................Steele SYNOPSIS/DISCUSSION...Gorelow AVIATION..............Morgan For more forecast information...see us on our webpage: http://weather.gov/lasvegas or follow us on Facebook and Twitter
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1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Two 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 | 2019-06-30 | 60 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2019-06-30 | 81 | Female | Unknown | Direct |
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