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Winter Weather Advisory 12, NWS Reno, NV

March 8, 20214 counties in Nevada; 8 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this winter weather advisory at Mar 8, 2021, 2:45 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada; 8 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 9, 2021, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2021, 2:45 PM PST (22:45 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 9, 2021, 1:00 PM PST
Expired: Mar 10, 2021, 7:00 PM PST
In force: 30 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, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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 weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Mar 8, 2:28 PM PST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 2:28 PM PST, 17 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
Mar 8, 3:59 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	REV	Douglas, Washoe	11 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in California, 2021 Winter Weather Advisories in Nevada, 2021 Every winter weather advisory in 2021

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.