Alert archive / Nevada / Snow Advisories in 2006
Snow Advisory 7, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this snow advisory at Mar 5, 2006, 4:07 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Mar 6, 2006, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2006, 4:07 PM PST (00:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2006, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2006, 7:33 AM PST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 307 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 3:13 PM PST | Snow Advisory | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 25 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.