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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
434 AM PDT WED MAY 28 2008

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SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
434 AM PDT WED MAY 28 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA...
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80. UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN
U.S. THIS AFTERNOON PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE ACCUMULATION OF SMALL
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SLOW
MOVEMENT OF STORMS WILL ALSO INCREASE THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING
AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 80 LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS INTO CHURCHILL AND PERSHING COUNTIES CAUSING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SIERRA FRONT ON
THURSDAY AND PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN NV DURING THE AFTERNOON.
PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE UPPER SYSTEM IS EXPECT TO DEPART THE AREA FRIDAY WITH ISOLATED
WEAK THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECT THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER...INCLUDING HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW
WINDS...HAIL...AND FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN RENO.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
FOR POTENTIAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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MOZLEY

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