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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Reno, NV
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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Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:27 PM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Churchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe | 29 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:27 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 29 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.