One person died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
One person 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 1, 12:48 AM PST, 11 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 148 AM PDT Wed Sep 1 2021 .SYNOPSIS...Moisture from the remnants of Nora will lead to a risk of heavy rain across northwest Arizona through Wednesday. Deep moisture exits to the east later this week for decreasing chances for thunderstorms. However, that may be brief as moisture and storm chances could return by the end of the holiday weekend. && .SHORT TERM...through Friday night. Latest focus for heavy rain/flash flooding has been across northwestern Mohave County; from the Virgin Mountains then south along the Shivwits Plateau. The pockets of heavy rain that lead to flash flooding that occurred across southern Mohave County have diminished. Broad trough across the area progged to slowly shift east across Mohave County today, before continuing east into the Four Corner tonight. Mohave County, especially the northern half of the county will remain quite active through at least mid-day before dynamics start to wane. As for the Flash Flood Watches. Will keep the watch going for the Lake Mead NRA and Mohave County. Will allow the watch to expire as scheduled at 2 am for our California zones. Will cancel the watch for southern Clark County as remaining threat for heavy rain exists across northwest Arizona. Elsewhere today, isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible across Lincoln, Clark and northeast San Bernardino Counties. Further west, it will remain dry with pockets of smoke and haze from the California wildfires. With drier and more stable air spreading in from the west tonight we probably will be able to cancel the Flash Flood Watch for Mohave County before Thursday morning. But will allow the day or evening shift to make the call based on active it is later this afternoon. That drier air will lead to lower chances for showers and thunderstorms Thursday and Friday. Meanwhile, temperatures will rise back to early September seasonable normals. Of course, smoke/haze will stay a concern. .LONG TERM...Saturday through Wednesday. Both the GFS and ECMWF ensembles show a broad area of high pressure extending from southern Nevada back towards New Mexico remaining in place through the weekend maintaining dry conditions across the region. As the high becomes more centered over Southern Nevada/ Arizona late Sunday and early next week, temperatures will warm to a few degrees above normal. By mid-week, the center of the high should retrograde back east towards the four corners region. This will cause upper levels winds to turn more southeasterly and allow a modest increase in moisture levels. The latest model runs have backed off some on the moisture return and precipitation now looks to be more isolated than in previous runs, with Mohave and southeastern San Bernardino counties seeing the best chances of thunderstorms. && .AVIATION...For McCarran...East-northeast wind favored through the morning and afternoon. Wind speeds should be 10 kts or less; but could rise to around 12 kts at times. There may also be a VCSH through about 15Z with ceiling around 10-12 kft. Ceilings will scatter out through morning with the lowest clouds around 8-10 kft this afternoon. Most guidance supports a shift to a southeast wind around 00Z. Speeds will range between 8-12 kts with gusts into the upper teens possible. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...Scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms will cover Lincoln County and northwest Arizona today. Lower ceilings will obscure mountain tops while heavy rain will lower visibility's. Elsewhere, storms will be isolated across Clark and northeast San Bernardino Counties. Showers and thunderstorms will dissipate this evening as an area of low pressure moves east toward the Four Corners. Further northwest, haze from distant wildfire smoke will reduce slant range visibility at times, especially across the Sierra and parts of the southern Great Basin. Not anticipating smoke/haze to impact KBIH surface visibility during this forecast period. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...Pierce LONG TERM...Planz For more forecast information...see us on our webpage: https://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 person 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 | 2021-09-01 | 68 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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