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A high-significance wildfire began in Mohave, Arizona on June 15, 2026, and poses a fire hazard to homes in the affected area.
Overview written from official NASA EONET data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Began
- Status
- Inactive
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Forecast discussion NWS VEF
Area Forecast Discussion
Afternoon and evening thunderstorms favoring areas east of Las Vegas through the week, with gusty outflows possible.
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000 FXUS65 KVEF 151819 AFDVEF
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 1119 AM PDT Wed Jul 15 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
* Terrain-based, afternoon and evening convection will continue through the end of the week with greater coverage east of Las Vegas.
* Near-to-slightly above normal temperatures will continue through Thursday, with temperatures decreasing slightly heading into the weekend.
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.DISCUSSION...Through Wednesday.
The next couple of afternoons and evenings will see primarily terrain driven convection. Instability will favor Mohave, Lincoln and Clark counties. DCAPE values are sufficient for storms to produce gusty outflows. The latest HREF shows high probabilities (> 70%) for gusts > 30 mph in eastern Mohave County today and Thursday afternoon. The outflows will generally be moving from east to west and may reach the Colorado River Valley during the evening hours. More uncertainty as to whether they will make their way as far west as the Las Vegas Valley. An easterly wave will slowly work its way across eastern and central Arizona on Friday and Saturday and should act to enhance convection in Mohave County. The more widespread flash flood concer…
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Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.