Eleven people died in Las Vegas of heat-related causes.
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Eleven 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 16, 5:52 PM PST, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 652 PM PDT Tue Jul 16 2024 .SYNOPSIS...High pressure will be centered near the Four Corners area through Thursday before migrating westward Friday and over the weekend. Storm coverage will be mostly limited to northwest Arizona on Wednesday with chances building westward Thursday through the weekend. Temperatures will remain above normal through early next week with well above normal temperatures and increasing Heat Risk possible over the weekend. && .UPDATE...Today's strongest thunderstorms managed to produce wind gusts up to 50 mph and over an inch of very localized rain. However, most cells were short lived and only produced modest breezes and a few tenths of an inch of rain. Coverage was limited to Mohave, Clark, and Lincoln counties. Convection has already started to slow down and will continue to do so into the evening. Overnight lows will be 5 to 10 degrees above normal, which means temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s for the Las Vegas area. && .DISCUSSION...Wednesday through Friday. High pressure will be centered over the Four Corners region for the next 48 hours before slowly migrating westward heading into Friday and the weekend. The location of the high will be favorable for increasing moisture across our southern deserts on Wednesday and then spreading into the southern Great Basin areas on Thursday. Our western zones will see relatively stable conditions Wednesday which will likely limit thunderstorm development across most of the area with better chances over parts of Mohave and Lincoln counties. On Thursday, increasing moisture becomes more widespread bringing more widespread coverage of storms although the best chances will remain over Mohave County and eastern Lincoln County. The difference between expected storm coverage on Thursday, when compared to Wednesday, is higher storm coverage is forecast to spread westward with much of the eastern two-thirds of the area having a decent shot at seeing scattered storm development. Storm coverage becomes increasingly isolated heading west into Inyo County and the western portions of the Mojave Desert. Storm coverage recedes to mainly Mohave and Lincoln counties on Friday with isolated storms as you head west of these areas. Temperatures over this three day period are forecast to remain generally flat with high temperatures largely dependent on the amount and duration of cloud cover. Areas with abundant sunshine will see temperatures warm to about 5 degrees above normal while temperatures in areas with more cloud cover will likely not reach their full potential, seeing highs closer to seasonal averages. Saturday through Tuesday... Over the weekend, the center of the high shifts west becoming centered directly over Nevada. The airmass across our western areas is generally forecast to be stable with limited to no storm coverage. Our central and eastern areas will see isolated to scattered storms develop each day. Temperatures are forecast to be at their hottest over the weekend with expanding coverage of major Heat Risk indicated, especially on Saturday. Moisture influx on Sunday into early next week could mitigate Heat Risk to some extent for the latter half of the weekend but especially during the early part of next week for our central and eastern areas where moderate Heat Risk is forecast. For early next week, there are several possible synoptic features in play including a trough over the Pacific Northwest which could play a part in compressing and repositioning the high pressure ridge. There is a low pressure system forecast over the eastern Pacific well off the coast of the southwest CONUS which may or may not have tropical characteristics. This leads to some uncertainty in the position and amplitude of high pressure over the western CONUS and its influences on the weather in our region. && .AVIATION...For Harry Reid...Winds should follow a more typical diurnal pattern through Wednesday, with light easterly winds this afternoon shifting to south southwest in the mid to late afternoon. There could be a few hours of gusts up to 20 knots until sunset. There is a low (<20%) probability of thunderstorms on the Spring Mountains, Sheep Range, or McCullough Range producing an outflow boundary which impacts winds at the terminal in the late afternoon or evening hours. For Wednesday, there will be a risk of outflow winds from thunderstorms well off to the east, with typical diurnal winds otherwise. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...Expect less thunderstorm coverage this afternoon and evening than yesterday, with the highest chances (30-50%) on the higher terrain of eastern Lincoln and Mohave counties. The main concerns with thunderstorms will be erratic, gusty winds and isolated low ceilings with terrain obscuration. For Wednesday, thunderstorm chances could increase a bit more over Mohave County, increasing the risk of outflow winds being pushed farther west. Away from thunderstorms, expect VFR conditions each day with winds near or below 20 knots. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && UPDATE...Meltzer DISCUSSION...Salmen AVIATION...Morgan 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.
Eleven people died of heat-related causes in Las Vegas.
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 | 2024-07-17 | 83 | Female | Unknown | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2024-07-17 | 62 | Female | Unknown | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2024-07-17 | 63 | Male | Unknown | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2024-07-17 | 67 | Male | Unknown | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2024-07-18 | 94 | Male | Unknown | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2024-07-18 | 52 | Male | Unknown | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2024-07-18 | 58 | Male | Unknown | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2024-07-18 | 78 | Male | Unknown | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2024-07-19 | 77 | Male | Unknown | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2024-07-19 | 59 | Male | Unknown | Indirect |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2024-07-19 | 72 | Female | Unknown | Direct |
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