RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1124 AM PDT THU APR 29 2010
THE STRONG WINDS THAT BLEW ACROSS THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WEDNESDAY
EVENING...APRIL 28...PRODUCED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 63 MPH FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AT 614 PM PDT AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...THE
OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION FOR LAS VEGAS. THIS TIED FOR THE SECOND
HIGHEST WIND GUST EVER IN THE MONTH OF APRIL IN LAS VEGAS BASED ON
RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1950. A 63 MPH GUST FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST
WAS ALSO RECORDED BACK ON APRIL 19 1962.
THE HIGHEST WIND GUST EVER IN LAS VEGAS IN THE MONTH OF APRIL AT THE
OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS A
GUST OF 69 MPH FROM THE WEST ON APRIL 30 1988 RECORDED SHORTLY AFTER
6 PM THAT EVENING. THE APRIL 30 1988 WIND EVENT KNOCKED OUT POWER TO
15000 CUSTOMERS...TOOK DOWN DOZENS OF TREES AND CINDERBLOCK WALLS
AROUND THE YARDS OF HOMES AND RESULTED IN THE POWER LOSS TO TRAFFIC
LIGHTS ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS.
THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND IS SUBJECT TO A FINAL
REVIEW BEFORE BEING CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER
Info courtesy of the
NWS office Las Vegas
