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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Reno, NV

December 16, 20105 counties in Nevada; Mono County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this high wind watch at Dec 16, 2010, 4:15 PM PST for 5 counties in Nevada; Mono County, California. It took effect at Dec 18, 2010, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2010, 4:15 PM PST (00:15 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 18, 2010, 4:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 17, 2010, 3:22 PM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Mono County, CA, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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 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 Dec 16, 4:00 PM PST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 4:00 PM PST, 15 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 16, 4:13 PM PST, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 4:08 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningREVChurchill, Douglas, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Washoe4 days
Dec 16, 9:40 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryREVChurchill, Douglas, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Washoe31 hr
Dec 17, 3:22 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningREVDouglas, Lyon, Mineral, Storey, Washoe23 hr
Dec 17, 3:22 PM PSTLake Wind AdvisoryREVChurchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe23 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Nevada, 2010High Wind Watches in California, 2010Every high wind watch in 2010

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.