1 dust storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 19, 2:00 PM PST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 300 PM PDT WED JUL 19 2006 .SHORT TERM... A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES OCCURRED IN RENO THIS MORNING WHICH WILL BE A RECORD WARM MINIMUM IF IT HOLDS UP THROUGH ANY AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION. HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER THE GREAT BASIN. FORECASTED H5 HEIGHTS PEAK AT 600DM NEAR ELKO ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE HAS INCREASED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AS THE FLOW AROUND THE HIGH BROUGHT MONSOONAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NV. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WERE BETWEEN THREE-QUARTER INCH AND ONE INCH OVER THE AREA. DAYTIME HEATING HAS RESULTED IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER MONO AND MINERAL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE AIRMASS DESTABILIZES...AND LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS NO CLEAR FOCUSING MECHANISM IN PLACE HOWEVER SO NO WATCHES WILL BE ISSUED. WILL ISSUE A BROAD-BRUSH FORECAST FOR THE SHORT TERM SINCE IT IS DIFFICULT TO TIME ANY WEAK VORTICITY FEATURES ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE...BUT FEEL CONFIDENT OF GETTING CONVECTION EACH DAY IN THE HOT AND RELATIVELY MOIST AIR. AFTERNOON HIGHS IN MANY WESTERN NV VALLEYS WILL BE AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES EACH DAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH 80S TO LOWER 90S IN THE MOUNTAINS. RECORD HIGHS ARE NOT LIKELY...AT LEAST AT RENO WHERE CURRENT RECORDS ARE 104 TO 106 FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RC .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE HEAT PEAKS FOR MANY LOCATIONS SUNDAY (UNLESS LOCAL CONVECTION WRECKS HEATING)...WITH THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTING EAST OUT OF NEVADA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR STRONGER AFTERNOON WEST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION BY MONDAY...FOR A MODEST COOLING TREND INTO MID NEXT WEEK. MONDAY SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN SUNDAY... WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL COOLING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER... TEMPERATURES STILL LOOKS TO REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MID WEEK (JUST NOT AS RIDICULOUSLY ABOVE NORMAL). PRECIPITATION WISE...CONVECTION WILL BE A FACTOR EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TO BE A BIT CONSERVATIVE...I LEFT CHANCE POPS FOR THE SIERRA FROM TAHOE SOUTH ON MONDAY. HOWEVER...WITH AFTERNOON WESTERLIES STRENGTHENING MONDAY AS THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS OUT OF NEVADA...COVERAGE MAY NEED TO BE REDUCED TO ISOLATED IN THE SIERRA FOR MONDAY. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH UNCERTAINTY IN THE STRENGTH OF THE WESTERLIES AS THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS EAST...I LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE/ISOLATED IN BOTH DAYS IN ALL ZONES. THIS MAY ALSO NEED TO BE FINE TUNED OR PUSHED EAST OF IMMEDIATE LEE OF THE SIERRA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MODEL RUNS IF PROGS REMAIN CONSISTENT. SNYDER && .AVIATION... VFR. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED -TSRA GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50... WITH ISOLATED -TSRA SPREADING NORTH TO A SUSANVILLE TO WINNEMUCCA LINE BY 00Z. ANY STORM COULD DROP WIND GUSTS TO 40 KTS. ACTIVITY LOOKS TO DIE OFF BY AROUND 04Z. AFTERNOON -TSRA TO FIRE AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A KAAT TO KLOL LINE. SNYDER && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. CA...NONE. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained weather spotter reported a dust storm near South Meadows Parkway in south Reno. Visibility was reduced to near zero.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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