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Special Weather Statement, NWS Reno, NV

June 20, 2009Sierra County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2009, 10:43 AM PDT for Sierra County, California. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2009, 10:43 AM PDT (17:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2009, 11:30 AM PDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

County Sierra County, CA

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 20, 3:16 AM PDT, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:16 AM PDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 8:35 PM PDT, 14 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
835 PM PDT FRI JUN 19 2009

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-201000-
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
835 PM PDT FRI JUN 19 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA...
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A VIGOROUS SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SIGNIFICANT OR
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 10:43 AM PDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 11:35 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementREVStorey40 min
Jun 19, 11:42 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVChurchill33 min
Jun 20, 12:21 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementREVChurchill54 min
Jun 20, 12:07 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementREVPershing53 min
Jun 20, 2:07 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementREVStorey53 min
Jun 19, 6:31 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementREVLassen59 min
Jun 19, 6:57 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementREVLassen33 min
Jun 19, 7:15 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementREVLassen45 min
Jun 19, 7:30 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementREVSierra30 min
Jun 19, 8:51 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementREVSierra39 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in California, 2009Every special weather statement in 2009

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.