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Blowing Dust Advisory 7, NWS Reno, NV

December 1, 20114 counties in Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this blowing dust advisory at Dec 1, 2011, 3:29 AM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2011, 3:29 AM PST (11:29 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2011, 7:00 PM PST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Churchill County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:33 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 blowing dust 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 blowing dust advisory went out at Dec 1, 3:18 AM PST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 3:18 AM PST, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 2:58 PM PST, 12 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
258 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-011300-
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-
258 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA TODAY WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
COLD TEMPERATURES IMPACTING THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA BEHIND
THE FRONT. VERY LITTLE MOISTURE WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT WITH
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER
MONO COUNTY.

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE BEHIND THE
FRONT WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH IN THE TAHOE BASIN AND UP TO 50 MPH IN
WESTERN NEVADA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. WINDS OVER THE SIERRA CREST
WILL REACH 95 TO 115 MPH. GUSTY WINDS WITH WAVE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5
FEET WILL BRING DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS TO LAKE TAHOE TONIGHT
AND THURSDAY. CHOPPY LAKE WATERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ON PYRAMID LAKE
WITH 2 TO 3 FOOT WAVES.

WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST IN WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS
MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 95 WITH VISIBILITIES REPORTED AS LOW AS 1
MILE. BLOWING DUST WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...BUT INCREASE AGAIN
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
INTO THIS WEEKEND. IN THE SIERRA AND CARSON RANGE ABOVE 7000
FEET...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO. PEOPLE
PURSUING OUTDOOR RECREATION DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THE COLD CONDITIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ABOVE 40
MPH OR GUSTS GREATER THAN 50 MPH AND ANY WIND DAMAGE THEY MAY
ENCOUNTER.

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

Nearby

Blowing Dust Advisories in Nevada, 2011Every blowing dust advisory in 2011

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.