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Dense Smoke Advisory 1, NWS Reno, NV

September 21, 20144 counties in Nevada; 4 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this dense smoke advisory at Sep 21, 2014, 1:54 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada; 4 counties in California. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 2014, 1:54 PM PDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2014, 3:19 AM PDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

Counties Alpine County, CA, El Dorado County, CA, Nevada County, CA, Placer County, CA, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 dense smoke 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 dense smoke advisory went out at Sep 21, 9:34 AM PDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 9:34 AM PDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 1:26 PM PDT, 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 21, 1:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	34 min

Nearby

Dense Smoke Advisories in Nevada, 2014 Dense Smoke Advisories in California, 2014 Every dense smoke advisory in 2014

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.