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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
919 PM PST SAT MAR 2 2024
NVC001-019-027-030615-
/O.NEW.KREV.SQ.W.0003.240303T0519Z-240303T0615Z/
CHURCHILL NV-PERSHING NV-LYON NV-
919 PM PST SAT MAR 2 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA...
SOUTH CENTRAL PERSHING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA...
NORTHERN LYON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM PST.
* AT 916 PM PST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR TRINITY JUNCTION TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF DERBY DAM,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
INTERSTATE 80 FROM FERNLEY TO LOVELOCK. US-50 FROM STAGECOACH TO
FALLON. US-95 FROM I-80 TO FALLON.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FALLON, LAHONTAN RESERVOIR, FERNLEY, DAYTON, HAZEN, SILVER SPRINGS,
TRINITY JUNCTION, FORT CHURCHILL STATION, STAGECOACH, WABUSKA,
AND STILLWATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO ACCIDENTS.
THERE IS NO SAFE PLACE ON A HIGHWAY WHEN A SNOW SQUALL HITS.
VISIBILITY AND TRACTION ARE IMMEDIATELY LOST IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS,
MAKING IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO SLOW DOWN AND AVOID STOPPED
VEHICLES. DELAY TRAVEL OR SAFELY EXIT THE HIGHWAY BEFORE THE SNOW
SQUALL ARRIVES.
LAT...LON 3906 11931 3909 11931 3909 11935 3932 11951
3936 11946 3961 11929 3963 11919 3978 11917
3983 11921 4020 11860 3980 11809
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 316DEG 25KT 3989 11880 3948 11947
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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