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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Reno, NV

March 27, 20084 counties in Nevada; 8 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this high wind watch at Mar 27, 2008, 3:42 AM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada; 8 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 28, 2008, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2008, 3:42 AM PDT (10:42 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 28, 2008, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2008, 3:27 PM PDT
In force
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, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Mar 26, 2:30 PM PDT, 13 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 2:30 PM PDT, 13 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 3:27 PM PDTLake Wind AdvisoryREVChurchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe29 hr
Mar 27, 3:27 PM PDTWind AdvisoryREVDouglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe29 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in California, 2008High Wind Watches in Nevada, 2008Every high wind watch in 2008

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.