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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Reno, NV

February 4, 2017Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 5 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this winter storm watch at Feb 4, 2017, 12:54 PM PST for Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 5 counties in California. It took effect at Feb 5, 2017, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 4, 2017, 12:54 PM PST (20:54 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2017, 10:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 5, 2017, 3:57 AM 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

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 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 Feb 4, 2:51 AM PST, 10 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 2:51 AM PST, 10 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 4, 7:36 AM PST, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 4, 8:39 AM PST, 4 hours 15 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
Feb 4, 1:10 PM PST	High Wind Watch	REV	Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more	15 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in California, 2017 Winter Storm Watches in Nevada, 2017 Every winter storm watch 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.