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Special Weather Statement, NWS Reno, NV

August 21, 2016Churchill County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2016, 10:34 AM PDT for Churchill County, Nevada. It was in force for 41 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: Aug 21, 2016, 10:34 AM PDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2016, 11:15 AM PDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

County Churchill County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Aug 21, 10:11 AM PDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 10:11 AM PDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 10:34 AM 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
Aug 20, 6:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		50 min
Aug 21, 2:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Douglas	33 min
Aug 21, 2:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		33 min
Aug 21, 2:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Douglas	24 min
Aug 21, 4:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Lyon	35 min
Aug 21, 11:37 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Mono	53 min
Aug 21, 12:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Mono	47 min
Aug 21, 4:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Alpine	28 min
Aug 21, 4:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Alpine	34 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Nevada, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.