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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Reno, NV

April 13, 20084 counties in Nevada; 5 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this high wind watch at Apr 13, 2008, 3:04 AM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada; 5 counties in California. It took effect at Apr 14, 2008, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2008, 3:04 AM PDT (10:04 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2008, 8:00 AM PDT
Expired
Apr 13, 2008, 3:09 PM PDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Alpine County, CA, El Dorado County, CA, Mono County, CA, Nevada County, CA, Placer County, CA, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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.

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 Apr 12, 1:52 PM PDT, 13 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 1:52 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
Apr 13, 3:09 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningREVDouglas, Lyon, Mineral, Storey, Washoe37 hr
Apr 13, 3:09 PM PDTWind AdvisoryREVChurchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe33 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.