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WWUS75 KREV 242024
NPWREV
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1224 PM PST WED DEC 24 2025
CAZ070-NVZ001-003>005-252030-
/O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0027.251225T1200Z-251226T0600Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND
RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FERNLEY, SMITH VALLEY, VIRGINIA CITY,
CEDARVILLE, EAGLEVILLE, HAWTHORNE, LOVELOCK, GERLACH,
GARDNERVILLE, VERDI, SPARKS, EMPIRE, FORT BIDWELL, SCHURZ, IMLAY,
NIXON, MINA, FALLON, SILVER SPRINGS, AND YERINGTON
1224 PM PST WED DEC 24 2025
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY
* WHAT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. WIND
PRONE AREAS AND RIDGETOPS MAY SEE GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH AT TIMES. FOR
PYRAMID LAKE, SOUTH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND WAVE HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 4
FEET.
* WHERE...IN CALIFORNIA, SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA. IN NEVADA,
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY, WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING
PYRAMID LAKE, GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA, AND MINERAL
AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE INTERMITTENT
WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS PROVIDING PERIODS OF LIGHTER WINDS
THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN BURNED TREES IN THE DAVIS
FIRE BURN AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO
FURNITURE, HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE
WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE
AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND,
FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A
POWER OUTAGE.
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