AT 643 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOVELOCK TO FALLON TO HAWTHORNE MOVING WEST AT 17 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND BLOWING DUST WERE REPORTED IN THE FALLON AREA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 95 AND AFFECT SCHURZ BY 700 PM... INTERSTATE 80 FROM FERNLEY TO LOVELOCK... AND HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN FERNLEY AND FALLON THROUGH 730 PM. BE AWARE THAT A GUST FRONT PRECEDING THESE STORMS WILL GENERATE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST WELL BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ANY RAIN.
Area: MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-MONO-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN ANDRANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Plumas, Placer, Mono, Lassen, El Dorado, Nevada, Sierra, Alpine
