[NevadaARES] WEATHER ALERT NV - Washoe County

[Paul Cavnar]

75 KREV 211137
NPWRNO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
314 AM PST MON JAN 21 2002

NVZ004-220000-
WESTERN NEVADA BASIN & RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
314 AM PST MON JAN 21 2002

..WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO NEVADA FROM OREGON TODAY. 
WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF & ALONG THIS FRONT. SWWINDS 
WILL INCREASE TO 15-30 MPH LATER THIS MORNING. LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH 
ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES 
ACROSS THE AREA. AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST LATE THIS EVENING...WINDS 
WILL DECREASE & SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS 
WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. PEOPLE WITHIN 
THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SUDDEN 
STRONG WIND GUSTS. 

NVZ003-220000-
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
314 AM PST MON JAN 21 2002

..HIGH WIND WATCH UNTIL 9 PM...

A STRONG COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER N.CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE 
INTO N.NEVADA LATER THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE INCREASING ACROSS 
THE WATCH AREA AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. SWWINDS OF 20-35 MPH 
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE 
MOVES INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE 
LIKELY. WIND GUSTS OF OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS TO THE LEE 
OF THE MTNS INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER 9 PM 
AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST.  SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT 
TONIGHT.   

BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY INTO 
THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY TO THE LEE OF THE SIERRA. TIE DOWN LOOSE 
OBJECTS & USE CARE WHEN TRAVELING. WATCH FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST 
AND SAND.   

CAZ073-NVZ001-220000-
MINERAL & S.LYON COUNTIES-MONO-
314 AM PST MON JAN 21 2002

..HIGH WIND WATCH THIS AFTERNOON & TONIGHT...

A STRONG COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER N.CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE 
INTO N.NEVADA LATER THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS 
THE WATCH AREA AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. SWWINDS OF 20-35 MPH 
CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE 
MOVES INTO THE AREA LATER IN THE DAY...STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE 
LIKELY. WIND GUSTS OF OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS TO THE LEE 
OF THE MTNS INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE 
FRONT MOVES EAST.  SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT 
TONIGHT.   

BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON & 
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY TO THE LEE OF THE SIERRA. TIE DOWN LOOSE 
OBJECTS & USE CARE WHEN TRAVELING. WATCH FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST 
AND SAND.