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Lake Wind Advisory 12, NWS Reno, NV

March 4, 20175 counties in Nevada; 4 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this lake wind advisory at Mar 4, 2017, 3:36 PM PST for 5 counties in Nevada; 4 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 5, 2017, 6:00 AM PST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2017, 3:36 PM PST (23:36 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2017, 6:00 AM PST
Expired: Mar 6, 2017, 6:00 PM PST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

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

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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 lake wind 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 lake wind advisory went out at Mar 4, 2:20 PM PST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 2:20 PM PST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 4, 2:51 PM PST, 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 4, 2:51 PM PST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
251 PM PST SAT MAR 04 2017

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

1140 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NE INCLINE VILLAGE    39.31N 119.88W
03/03/2017  M83.00 MPH       WASHOE             NV   MESONET

            SLIDE MOUNTAIN RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 83 MPH AT AN
            ELEVATION OF 9650 FT.

0616 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SW PLEASANT VALLEY    39.33N 119.79W
03/04/2017  M56.00 MPH       WASHOE             NV   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            THE NDOT SENSOR AT GALENA BRIDGE RECORDED A WIND GUST OF
            56 MPH.

0720 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 6 ESE DAMONTE RANCH     39.40N 119.62W
03/04/2017  M58.00 MPH       STOREY             NV   MESONET

            A WIND GUST OF 58 MPH WAS REPORTED IN SOUTH RENO.

1035 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 SE RENO               39.51N 119.77W
03/04/2017  E51.00 MPH       WASHOE             NV   ASOS

            A WIND GUST OF 51 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE RENO-TAHOE
            INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

1137 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NE RENO               39.58N 119.77W
03/04/2017  M68.00 MPH       WASHOE             NV   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTH RENO RECORDED A WIND
            GUST OF 68 MPH.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 4, 2:48 AM PST	Lake Wind Advisory	REV	Douglas, Washoe	13 hr
Mar 4, 1:49 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	REV	Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe	22 hr

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Nevada, 2017 Lake Wind Advisories in California, 2017 Every lake wind advisory in 2017

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.