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Dense Smoke Advisory 2, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this dense smoke advisory at Aug 15, 2020, 2:14 AM PDT for Lassen County, Plumas County, Sierra County, California. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2020, 2:14 AM PDT (09:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2020, 8:21 AM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Lassen County, CA, Plumas County, CA, Sierra County, CA
The radar
The Beale AFB radar (KBBX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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 14, 3:06 PM PDT, 11 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 3:06 PM PDT, 11 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 5:24 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | REV | Lyon | 111 min |
| Aug 15, 2:59 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Lyon | 82 min |
| Aug 15, 2:35 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | REV | Lassen | 55 min |
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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.