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Special Weather Statement, NWS Reno, NV

July 17, 2014Sierra County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2014, 6:02 PM PDT for Sierra County, California. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2014, 6:02 PM PDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2014, 7:00 PM PDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

County Sierra County, CA

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 17, 1:41 PM PDT, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 1:41 PM PDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:04 PM PDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:13 PM PDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:24 PM PDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
424 PM PDT THU JUL 17 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0424 PM     HAIL             2 E DONNER SUMMIT       39.33N 120.35W
07/17/2014  M0.25 INCH       NEVADA             CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            VISTOR CENTER EMPLOYEE REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY
            RAINFALL AT DONNER MEMORIAL STATE PARK.

&&

MCGUIRE

Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:36 PM PDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
436 PM PDT THU JUL 17 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0433 PM     DEBRIS FLOW      2 NW MONO LAKE          38.03N 119.03W
07/17/2014                   MONO               CA   911 CALL CENTER

            MONO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTING A LARGE AND DEEP MUD SLIDE
            ACROSS LUNDY LAKE ROAD.

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:40 PM PDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
440 PM PDT THU JUL 17 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0433 PM     DEBRIS FLOW      1 E SQUAW VALLEY        39.20N 120.20W
07/17/2014                   PLACER             CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CHP REPORTED BOULDERS AND SOME LIGHT DEBRIS ALONG CA HWY
            89 NEAR SQUAW VALLEY.

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 6:02 PM PDT, 0 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
Jul 18, 4:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Douglas	56 min
Jul 18, 4:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		47 min
Jul 18, 4:45 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Douglas, Lyon	3 hr
Jul 17, 5:07 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Nevada	113 min
Jul 17, 5:18 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Plumas, Sierra	42 min
Jul 17, 7:52 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Plumas	53 min
Jul 17, 7:55 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Lassen, Plumas	50 min
Jul 18, 12:33 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Lassen	57 min
Jul 18, 1:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Lassen	93 min
Jul 18, 3:44 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Plumas, Sierra	61 min
Jul 18, 4:36 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Plumas, Sierra	3 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.