Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Big Storm Coming In Today

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
356 AM PDT TUE OCT 13 2009

...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INLAND TODAY AND BRING PERIODS
OF STRONG WINDS TO THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE MOST INTENSE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AT
TIMES...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...SPARKS
356 AM PDT TUE OCT 13 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM
PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM PDT
THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG BY MID MORNING
LASTING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. A BRIEF DECREASE IN THE WIND WILL
OCCUR DURING THE RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER A FEW HOURS
OF STRONGER DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.

* WIND SPEEDS TODAY: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. AS RAIN SPREADS OVER THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...WIND GUSTS WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN 45 MPH.

* WIND SPEEDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS
ARE POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS.

* IMPACTS: WINDS TODAY WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS
WITH SUDDEN CROSSWINDS. WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND FENCES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS
OF THIS MAGNITUDE. UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE
SHOULD BE SECURED OR MOVED INDOORS BEFORE THE STRONG WINDS TODAY.

DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...
ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER LAKE AND ON ALTERNATE 95 NEAR
YERINGTON. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR
CROSS WINDS.

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