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Heavy Snow Warning 3, NWS Reno, NV

February 17, 2006Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 8 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this heavy snow warning at Feb 17, 2006, 3:27 AM PST for Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 8 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 17, 2006, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 46 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2006, 3:27 AM PST (11:27 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2006, 12:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 19, 2006, 10:19 AM PST
In force: 46 hr
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

Counties Alpine County, CA, El Dorado County, CA, Lassen County, CA, Mono County, CA, Nevada County, CA, Placer County, CA, Plumas County, CA, Sierra County, CA, Douglas County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy snow warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heavy snow warning went out at Feb 16, 10:15 PM PST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 10:15 PM PST, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 5:40 AM PST, 21 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 6:30 AM PST	Snow Advisory	REV	Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more	52 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in California, 2006 Heavy Snow Warnings in Nevada, 2006 Every heavy snow warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.