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Winter Storm Watch 11, NWS Reno, NV

October 2, 2011Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 8 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this winter storm watch at Oct 2, 2011, 3:07 PM PDT for Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 8 counties in California. It took effect at Oct 4, 2011, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 2011, 3:07 PM PDT (22:07 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 4, 2011, 11:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 3, 2011, 3:52 PM PDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Alpine County, CA, El Dorado County, CA, Lassen County, CA, Mono County, CA, Nevada County, CA, Placer County, CA, Plumas County, CA, Sierra County, CA, Douglas County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Oct 2, 3:06 PM PDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 3:06 PM PDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 3:48 AM PDTLake Wind AdvisoryREVDouglas, Washoe19 hr
Oct 2, 3:11 PM PDTLake Wind AdvisoryREVChurchill, Douglas, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe37 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in California, 2011Winter Storm Watches in Nevada, 2011Every winter storm watch 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.