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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Reno, NV

January 28, 2016Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 5 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this winter storm watch at Jan 28, 2016, 2:49 AM PST for Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 5 counties in California. It took effect at Jan 29, 2016, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2016, 2:49 AM PST (10:49 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 28, 2016, 2:59 PM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

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

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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 28, 2:36 AM PST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 2:36 AM PST, 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 28, 2:40 AM PST, 9 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
Jan 28, 2:59 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	REV	Douglas, Washoe	45 hr
Jan 28, 2:59 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	REV	Washoe	40 hr
Jan 28, 3:00 PM PST	Wind Advisory	REV	Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more	37 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in California, 2016 Winter Storm Watches in Nevada, 2016 Every winter storm watch 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.