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Snow Squall Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this snow squall warning at Dec 26, 2021, 1:26 AM PST for Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 94 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2021, 1:26 AM PST (09:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2021, 3:00 AM PST
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
800
WWUS55 KREV 260926
SQWREV
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Reno NV
126 AM PST Sun Dec 26 2021
NVC031-261100-
/O.NEW.KREV.SQ.W.0001.211226T0926Z-211226T1100Z/
Washoe NV-
126 AM PST Sun Dec 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
Southern Washoe County in western Nevada...
* Until 300 AM PST.
* At 123 AM PST, a dangerous snow squall was located along
Interstate 80 between Verdi and Sparks.
HAZARD...Extremely poor visibility in heavy snow and blowing snow.
Wind gusts greater than 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar and visual confirmation.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* Interstate 80 between Verdi and Sparks, Interstate 580 in the Reno
area, and Pyramid Highway south of Spanish Springs.
Locations impacted include...
Reno, Sparks, Verdi, Wingfield Springs, Northwest Reno, Spanish
Springs, Mogul, Verdi-Mogul, Caughlin Ranch, Somersett, Lemmon
Valley-Golden Valley, Nws Reno, Spanish Springs Airport and Sun
Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Consider avoiding or delaying travel until the snow squall passes
your location. If you must travel, use extra caution and allow extra
time. Rapid changes in visibility and slick road conditions may lead
to accidents.
&&
LAT...LON 3945 12000 3952 12000 3970 11966 3967 11953
3962 11956 3940 11999 3943 12001
TIME...MOT...LOC 0923Z 241DEG 14KT 3959 11976
$$
DNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 10:50 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 5 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:56 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | REV | Pershing, Storey | 79 min |
| Dec 26, 2:07 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 29 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.