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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Reno, NV

May 2, 20245 counties in Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this high wind watch at May 2, 2024, 12:44 PM PDT for 5 counties in Nevada. It took effect at May 4, 2024, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2024, 12:44 PM PDT (19:44 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2024, 8:00 AM PDT
Expired: May 3, 2024, 2:08 AM PDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

Counties Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at May 2, 2:32 AM PDT, 10 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:32 AM PDT, 10 hours 12 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
May 2, 12:18 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	REV	Douglas, Washoe	63 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Nevada, 2024 Every high wind watch in 2024

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.