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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV

February 17, 20114 counties in Nevada; Inyo County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this winter storm watch at Feb 17, 2011, 4:25 AM PST for 4 counties in Nevada; Inyo County, California. It took effect at Feb 18, 2011, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2011, 4:25 AM PST (12:25 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 18, 2011, 4:00 AM PST
Expired: Feb 17, 2011, 2:42 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Inyo County, CA, Clark County, NV, Esmeralda County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 211 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 17, 3:45 AM PST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 3:45 AM PST, 40 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 2:42 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	VEF	Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye	43 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Nevada, 2011 Winter Storm Watches in California, 2011 Every 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.