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Dense Smoke Advisory 2, NWS Reno, NV

August 3, 2018Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 8 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this dense smoke advisory at Aug 3, 2018, 1:18 PM PDT for Douglas County, Washoe County, Nevada; 8 counties in California. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2018, 1:18 PM PDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2018, 6:31 AM PDT
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

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

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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 3, 9:27 AM PDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 9:27 AM PDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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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.