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Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Reno, NV

October 31, 2012

NWS Reno, NV issued this red flag warning at Oct 31, 2012, 3:39 AM PDT. It took effect at Oct 31, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 31, 2012, 3:39 AM PDT (10:39 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 31, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired: Oct 31, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

073 
WWUS85 KREV 311039
RFWREV

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
339 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY TODAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY.
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS COMBINED
WITH LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

NVZ450-010300-
/O.UPG.KREV.FW.A.0019.121031T1800Z-121101T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0028.121031T1800Z-121101T0300Z/
WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-
339 AM PDT WED OCT 31 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN
NEVADA SIERRA FRONT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* HUMIDITY...9 TO 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL 
  CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.  CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES.  

&&

$$

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

1 follow-up statement

491 
WWUS85 KREV 010237
RFWREV

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
737 PM PDT WED OCT 31 2012

NVZ450-010345-
/O.EXP.KREV.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-121101T0300Z/
WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-
737 PM PDT WED OCT 31 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA
FRONT...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED WITH GUSTS BELOW 30
MPH AND HUMIDITY RISING ABOVE 30 PERCENT.

$$

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.