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Snow Advisory 17, NWS Reno, NV

April 16, 2006Washoe County, Nevada; Modoc County, Mono County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this snow advisory at Apr 16, 2006, 4:26 AM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada; Modoc County, Mono County, California. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2006, 4:26 AM PDT (11:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2006, 7:11 AM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Modoc County, CA, Mono County, CA, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 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 snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Apr 16, 3:30 AM PDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 3:30 AM PDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 6:15 AM PDT, 22 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
615 AM PDT SAT APR 15 2006

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-161500-
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
615 AM PDT SAT APR 15 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA...
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE WEST
COAST TODAY AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION AS SNOW...RAIN
AND GUSTY WINDS RETURN TO THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA AND FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA IN NORTHEAST
CALIFORNIA. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT /WWUS45 KRNO
WSWREV/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM AS IT CONTINUES TO APPROACH
AND AFFECT THE REGION. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME
STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 5 AM SUNDAY FOR THE GREATER RENO AND
CARSON CITY AREAS...NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN WASHOE
COUNTY. WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND
RANGE AND MONO COUNTY FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
SEE THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS75 KRNO NPWREV/ FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR THE
HUMBOLDT RIVER ABOVE RYE PATCH RESERVOIR IN PERSHING COUNTY. MINOR
TO MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF THE
MONTH. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT /WWUS85 KRNO FLSREV/ FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

STRONG WINDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THIS STRONG PACIFIC SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE
EASTWARD. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

SMM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 11:59 AM PDTSnow AdvisoryREVDouglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe11 hr

Nearby

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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.