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Dense Smoke Advisory 1, NWS Reno, NV

August 2, 2018Mono County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this dense smoke advisory at Aug 2, 2018, 8:47 AM PDT for Mono County, California. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2018, 8:47 AM PDT (15:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2018, 11:00 AM PDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

County Mono County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 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 dense smoke 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 dense smoke advisory went out at Aug 2, 5:53 AM PDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 5:53 AM PDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:44 AM PDT, 5 hours 3 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 2, 11:00 AM PDT	Red Flag Warning	REV	Washoe	59 hr
Aug 2, 1:31 PM PDT	Lake Wind Advisory	REV	Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe	30 hr
Aug 2, 1:31 PM PDT	Lake Wind Advisory	REV	Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more	56 hr
Aug 2, 2:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Mineral	2 hr

Nearby

Dense Smoke Advisories in California, 2018 Every dense smoke advisory in 2018

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.