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Lake Wind Advisory 20, NWS Reno, NV

March 16, 20114 counties in Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this lake wind advisory at Mar 16, 2011, 4:12 AM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Mar 16, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2011, 4:12 AM PDT (11:12 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2011, 1:57 PM PDT
In force
6 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 11:14 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 lake wind 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 lake wind advisory went out at Mar 16, 4:02 AM PDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 4:02 AM PDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 6:41 AM PDT, 21 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
641 AM PDT TUE MAR 15 2011

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-161345-
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-
641 AM PDT TUE MAR 15 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH THE
STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH SOUTH ROADS.
PLEASE REFER TO WWUS75 KREV RNONPWREV FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON THESE STRONG WINDS.

IN ADDITION...MODERATE RAINFALL IN THE SIERRA THIS EVENING WILL
CAUSE RISES ON STREAMS AND RIVERS...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MINOR
FLOODING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS THEN POSSIBLE IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH. PLEASE REFER TO WWUS45 KREV RNOWSWREV FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE HEAVY SNOWFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
SYSTEM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL
START TO AFFECT THE REGION LATE THURSDAY. MOUNTAIN SNOW AND VALLEY
RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

O'HARA

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 1:57 PM PDTWind AdvisoryREVChurchill, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Washoe5 hr
Mar 16, 1:11 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningREVPlumas46 hr

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Nevada, 2011Every lake wind 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.