Publications & Weather Events

Publications

Significant Weather Events

Local Research Publications from NWS Las Vegas.

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 Part I - Costliest Weather Disasters Part II - Fatalities & Injuries Associated with Weather	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