Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Las Vegas
- Current state
- Resolved at 2:20 PM PDT
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Initial Observed
Lightning within 10 nm of Las Vegas: 5 flashes in 15 minutes
Tailodds counted 5 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Las Vegas (LAS) in the 15 minutes to 12:10 PM PDT, 4 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 3.4 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 11:56 AM PDT, reports ceiling 7000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 6 kt.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KLAS 301856Z VRB06KT 10SM FEW030 SCT050 BKN070 BKN150 21/13 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP092 T02110133 Station KLAS at Fri Oct 30, 11:56 AM PDT Lightning 5 flashes within 10 nm, 4 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 12:10 PM, nearest 3.4 nm Basis Satellite lightning (GOES GLM) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-30 19:10 UTC) Sources NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful? -
Escalation Observed
Lightning now within 5 nm of Las Vegas: 10 flashes in 15 minutes
What changed: lightning within 10 nm → lightning within 5 nm
Tailodds counted 19 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Las Vegas (LAS) in the 15 minutes to 12:27 PM PDT, 10 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 2.0 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 11:56 AM PDT, reports ceiling 7000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 6 kt.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KLAS 301856Z VRB06KT 10SM FEW030 SCT050 BKN070 BKN150 21/13 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP092 T02110133 Station KLAS at Fri Oct 30, 11:56 AM PDT Lightning 19 flashes within 10 nm, 10 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 12:27 PM, nearest 2.0 nm Basis Satellite lightning (GOES GLM) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-30 19:27 UTC) Sources NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful? -
De-escalation Confirmed
Official observation now reports thunderstorm at Las Vegas
What changed: lightning within 5 nm → thunderstorm
The 1:06 PM PDT official weather observation (METAR) for Las Vegas (LAS) reports thunderstorm, ceiling 5000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 11 kt. Coded weather: “TS”. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data, counted by Tailodds, shows 56 flashes within 10 nm of the airport in the 15 minutes to 1:20 PM PDT, the nearest 4.5 nm away. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation SPECI KLAS 302006Z 06011KT 10SM TS SCT039 BKN050CB 21/14 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE-S TSB00 OCNL LTGIC N TS N T02060139 Station KLAS at Fri Oct 30, 1:06 PM PDT Lightning 56 flashes within 10 nm, 2 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 1:20 PM, nearest 4.5 nm Basis Official observation (METAR) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-30 20:20 UTC) Sources Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds (supporting)Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful? -
Resolution Confirmed
Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Las Vegas
What changed: thunderstorm → no longer reported
No official weather observation (METAR) for Las Vegas (LAS) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm; it was last reported at 1:06 PM PDT. The latest, at 1:56 PM PDT, reports ceiling 5000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 13 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Las Vegas in the 30 minutes to 2:20 PM PDT.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KLAS 302056Z 02013KT 10SM SCT030 BKN050 BKN150 19/12 A2983 RMK AO2 WSHFT 2001 LTG DSNT NE-S TSB00E21B22E27 SLP085 CB DSNT NE-E T01890117 55011 Station KLAS at Fri Oct 30, 1:56 PM PDT Lightning 0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 2:20 PM, nearest 15.1 nm Basis Official observation (METAR) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-30 21:20 UTC) Sources Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds (supporting)Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful?