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Snow Advisory 9, NWS Reno, NV

January 24, 2008Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 8 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this snow advisory at Jan 24, 2008, 4:30 PM PST for Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 8 counties in California. It took effect at Jan 24, 2008, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 24, 2008, 4:30 PM PST (00:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 24, 2008, 10:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 25, 2008, 9:02 AM PST
In force: 11 hr
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, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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 Jan 24, 4:00 PM PST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 4:00 PM PST, 30 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 9:14 AM PST	Snow Advisory	REV	Douglas, Washoe	23 hr
Jan 25, 3:29 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	REV	Douglas, Washoe	24 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in California, 2008 Snow Advisories in Nevada, 2008 Every snow advisory 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.