Alert archive / Nevada / Winter Storm Watches in 2008
Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this winter storm watch at Jan 3, 2008, 3:15 AM PST for Clark County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Jan 5, 2008, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2008, 3:15 AM PST (11:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 5, 2008, 12:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2008, 3:32 AM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Clark County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 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 winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 3, 3:06 AM PST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:06 AM PST, 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 3:30 AM PST, 23 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 330 AM PST WED JAN 2 2008 CAZ519-521-030800- EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- 330 AM PST WED JAN 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A SERIES OF STRONG AND MOIST PACIFIC STORMS WILL SLAM INTO THE SIERRA AND WHITE MOUNTAINS LATE IN THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. ONE STORM WILL PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ON THURSDAY...THEN A MUCH STRONGER STORM WILL BRING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BEFORE THE SNOW FINALLY TAPERS OFF ON MONDAY. THIS SERIES OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO RIVAL THE EVENT OF JANUARY 7-10 2005...WHEN 54 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN ASPENDELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY CONDITIONS WHICH MEET REPORTING CRITERIA. ACTIVATION CAN BE EXPECTED BEGINNING ON FRIDAY. AZZ001>003-036-CAZ520-522>527-NVZ014>022-030800- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-OWENS VALLEY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 330 AM PST WED JAN 2 2008 /430 AM MST WED JAN 2 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A SERIES OF STRONG AND MOIST PACIFIC STORMS WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT LATE IN THE WEEK...WITH CHANCES FOR MOUNTAIN SNOW AND VALLEY RAIN BEGINNING ON FRIDAY AND INCREASING OVER THE WEEKEND. ANYONE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE SIERRA IS URGED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...AS VERY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THERE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY CONDITIONS WHICH MEET REPORTING CRITERIA. ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND. MORGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 3:58 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.