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 Lahontan And West Humboldt Basins
- 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 423 West Humboldt Basin in Pershing County, Fire Weather Zone 429 Lahontan Basin including Churchill and Eastern Mineral Counties. * Winds...Southwest to west 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Winds shift to northerly in the evening and overnight. * Humidity...RH reductions to 12 to 17 percent in the afternoon. Nighttime recoveries of 30 to 60 percent Saturday morning. * Duration...3 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
- West Humboldt Basin - Pershing County
- Lahontan Basin - Churchill and Eastern Mineral Counties
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Reno NV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~47s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37WYN7CMDD447FSM89F5E80
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2aa64ac6b3e19e449b39b38e59e21104ba301287.003.1
- 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.2856
- 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 LAHONTAN AND WEST HUMBOLDT BASINS |
| 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
- West Humboldt Basin - Pershing County
- Lahontan Basin - Churchill and Eastern Mineral Counties
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 032001 |
| SAME | 032027 |
| SAME | 032015 |
| SAME | 032019 |
| SAME | 032021 |
| SAME | 032031 |
| UGC | NVZ423 |
| UGC | NVZ429 |