Fire Weather Watch
NWS Reno NV ยท US
Details
Fire Weather Watch In Effect From Friday Afternoon Through Friday Evening For Gusty Winds And Low Humidity For The Sierra Front
- Event
- Fire Weather Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Fire Weather Watch for gusty winds and low humidity, which is in effect from Friday afternoon through Friday evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 420 Northern Sierra Front including Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Southern Washoe, Western Lyon, and Far Southern Lassen Counties, Fire Weather Zone 421 Southern Sierra Front including Alpine, Northern Mono, Southern Lyon, and Western Mineral Counties. * Winds...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Humidity...RH reductions to 15 to 20 percent in the afternoon. Nighttime recoveries of 40 to 60 percent Saturday morning. * Duration...4 to 7 hours. * Impacts...The combination of gusty winds and low humidity can cause fire to rapidly grow in size and intensity before first responders can contain them.
Instructions
Avoid outdoor activities that can cause a spark near dry vegetation, such as yard work, target shooting, or campfires. Follow local fire restrictions. Check weather.gov/reno for updates and livingwithfire.info for preparedness tips.
Affected areas
- Northern Sierra Front - Carson City/Douglas/Storey/Southern Washoe/Eastern Lyon/Far Southern Lassen Counties
- Southern Sierra Front - Alpine/Northern Mono/Southern Lyon/Western Mineral Counties
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Reno NV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37WYN4S8H3KGH3ZQBWQZ8MA
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2aa64ac6b3e19e449b39b38e59e21104ba301287.002.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Reno NV
- AWIPS ID
- CAPREV
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2855
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FWA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | RFWREV |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KREV 231947 |
| NWSheadline | FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SIERRA FRONT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KREV.FW.A.0011.260925T1900Z-260926T0500Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T22:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Northern Sierra Front - Carson City/Douglas/Storey/Southern Washoe/Eastern Lyon/Far Southern Lassen Counties
- Southern Sierra Front - Alpine/Northern Mono/Southern Lyon/Western Mineral Counties
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 006035 |
| SAME | 006091 |
| SAME | 032005 |
| SAME | 032019 |
| SAME | 032029 |
| SAME | 032031 |
| SAME | 032510 |
| SAME | 006003 |
| SAME | 006017 |
| SAME | 006051 |
| SAME | 032021 |
| UGC | NVZ420 |
| UGC | NVZ421 |