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Back-to-Back Pacific Storms to Impact the West Coast; Heavy Snow in the Central Appalachians

Back-to-back powerful Pacific storm systems to impact the Pacific Northwest and northern California through the end of this week with heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow. A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will accompany the Pacific storms, bringing excessive rainfall and flash flooding to southwest Oregon and northwest California through the week. Read More >

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Title Author(s)
A Century of Weather in Death Valley, CA: 1911-2011 Chris Stachelski
Snow Event in the Las Vegas Valley 12/17/2008 Chris Stachelski
Synoptic El Nino and La Nina Episodes and Their Impact On The Weather In The Las Vegas Valley Chris Stachelski & Stan Czyzyk
Frontogenesis, Conditional Symmetric Instability and Microphysics: Rare Desert Snow Event Heather Orow & Stan Czyzyk
A Gulf of California Moisture Surge from 18-19 August 2003 Barry Pierce
The Impact of Evaporational Cooling on the Las Vegas Valley Snowfall of 30 December 2003 Stan Czyzyk
A Numerical Investigation of the Las Vegas Convergence Zone Kim J. Runk & Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO.
The Las Vegas Flash Floods of 8 July 1999: A Post-Event Summary Jesus A. Haro, Harold R. Daley, & Kim J. Runk
Severe Downslope Winds Kim J.Runk
Synoptic Patterns Associated with Snow Accumulation in Las Vegas, Nevada Scott Cordero, Paul Skrbac, & Dave Kosier
Post-Analysis of a Southern Nevada Flash Flood Event: August 10, 1997 Kim J. Runk & David P. Kosier
The Las Vegas Convergence Zone: Its Development, Structure, and Implications for Forecasting Kim J. Runk
McCarran Airport Microburst of August 8, 1989 Carven A. Scott
A Study of Winds in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area R. P. Augulis

 

Title Author(s)
October 2015, Flash Flooding & Storms Justin Pullin
August 13, 2015, Severe Thunderstorms and Flash Flooding Justin Pullin
July 6, 2015, Severe Thunderstorms and Flash Flooding Justin Pullin & Chris Outler
60th Anniversary of the June 13, 1955 Las Vegas Flash Flood Chris Stachelski
February 23, 2015, Low Elevation Snow Event Justin Pullin & Chris Outler
December 31, 2014, Mojave Desert Low Elevation Snow Event Chris Outler
August 12, 2014 Needles, CA Microburst and Flash Flooding Justin Pullin
September 11, 2012 Las Vegas Valley Heavy Rain and Flash Flood Event Chris Stachelski
August 22, 2012 Las Vegas Valley Heavy Rain and Flash Flood Event Chris Stachelski
Northwest Las Vegas Thunderstorms July 14-15, 2012 Chris Stachelski
Lake Havasu City Flash Flood July 13, 2012 Chris Stachelski
Destructive Dust Devils In The Las Vegas Valley On May 7, 2012 Chris Stachelski
Death Valley Dust Storm of February 13, 2012 Chris Stachelski
The 2012 Nevada Weather Calendar NWS Las Vegas, NWS Reno, NWS Elko, NV State Climatologist
Tropical Systems in the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin Chris Stachelski

A Societal Impacts Climatology for the Las Vegas CWA

 Chris Stachelski
Moapa Valley Flash Flood of August 10, 1981 Chris Stachelski
Caesars Palace Flood of July 3, 1975 Chris Stachelski
Ft Mohave Storm of 9/4/09 Survey Faith Borden
Record Flash Flood of July 8, 1999: Ten Year Anniversary Chris Stachelski & Barry Pierce
Mojave Desert and Southern Great Basin Snow Event of December 14th-16th, 2008 Chris Stachelski
Mohave Valley Severe Thunderstorm Event 08/25/2008 (Damage Survey) Faith Borden
The Mojave Desert Severe Weather Event of July 10, 2008 Chris Stachelski
Death Valley Floods of August 15, 2004 Stan Czyzyk
Las Vegas Flash Flood Event of August 19, 2003 Barry Pierce
The Mojave Desert and Southern Great Basin Heavy Snow Event of February 11-13, 2001 Paul Skrbac & Javier Tadefa

 

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