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Along with a High Wind Warning issued earlier, a moderate to strong atmospheric river will bring significant precipitation to the region prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Flood Watch for Carson City, Carson Valley and much of Western Nevada.

UPDATE 2:20PM: A Red Flag Warning issued earlier this morning has been canceled due to arriving precipitation. A High Wind Warning remains in effect until 4 a.m. Thursday. A Flood Watch was issued Wednesday afternoon for the Carson City region, western Nevada and Lake Tahoe.
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With valley gusts expected to top 70 mph today, the National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Warning and Red Flag Warning for the Sierra Front including Reno, Carson City, Carson Valley and Lyon County.

The Nevada Army National Guard landed a CH47F Chinook helicopter on the main lawn at Eagle Valley Middle School in Carson City on Tuesday.

UPDATE 5:08PM: Highway 395 is now open. Sonora and Tioga passes are closed due to incoming weather.
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Highway 395 remains closed Tuesday at the Nevada-California state line as firefighters continue to battle the Chris Fire that began Monday west of U.S. Route 395, about five miles north of Sonora Junction near the Chris Flat Campground.

Carson City Fire Department was called late Thursday morning to a brush fire reported in the area of South Carson Street and Highway 50 West near the Spooner junction. Firefighters were able to knock down the flames before it began to spread.

UPDATE 6:23PM: Forward progression of the Woodchuck Fire in west Reno has stopped. No homes were lost. Two small trailers were destroyed.
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Carson City Fire Department and East Fork Fire Protection District have sent brush engines Monday to battle the Woodchuck Fire burning west of Reno.

UPDATE 5:47PM: Much of the localized flooding from the heavy rain has subsided. Winds are calm with a few lighting strikes still happening. There are no longer any severe weather warnings for Carson City.
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UPDATE 5:15PM: The Tornado Warning has expired. Flooding throughout Carson City is being reported as rush hours begins. William Street from Mills Park, College Parkway, Roop Street, and Saliman all experiencing flooding issues. Much of the heavy rain has now moved on though there are several lightning strikes still around Carson City.

Paint outdoors on the first Saturday of each month from 10:00am - 1:00pm. Each fun and exciting class gives encouragement and support as you create art in the ever changing outdoor environment. Step by step instruction, often including one on one help, is provided from locations that vary each month.You will learn and practice the concepts that translate a three dimensional scene to a two dimensional surface, including choosing a composition, understanding value, shapes, edges, and texture, as you create your compositions.
All levels of artists are welcome.

UPDATE TUESDAY 4:53PM: The acreage of the Preacher Fire was adjusted Tuesday afternoon when a glitch was identified as the mapping was finalized. The correct acreage as of 3:50p.m. stands at 4,651 acres.
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UPDATE TUESDAY 12:42PM: The Preacher Fire has burned 7,651 acres, according to the Incident Management Team that flew over the fire Tuesday morning to assess the situation.
Douglas County Sheriff Office and Nevada Highway Patrol are working with Nevada Department of Transportation to update the reader boards along Highway 395 from China Springs to Minden warning drivers of low visibility due to smoke.

UPDATE: An updated version to this story can be found here.
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The Preacher Fire burning in the Pine Nut Mountains has swelled to more than 1,000 acres, according to Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center. Douglas County has initiated recommended evacauations of areas at the east end of Pine Nut Road including Fred’s Street, Sandoval, Taildragger, Bluebird, and Bar-J Roads as well as the Spirit Ranch Area including Blue Sage Road, Badger Lane, Robinson Road, and Lena Lane. In addition, the Washoe Tribal Police are evacuating the Bodie Flats area in the vicinity of Courtland Avenue.

The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest would like to remind surrounding communities to be aware of the increased chance of wildfire during critical fire weather conditions resulting from high winds and low humidity.

Paint outdoors on the first Saturday of each month from 10:00am - 1:00pm. Each fun and exciting class gives encouragement and support as you create art in the ever changing outdoor environment. Step by step instruction, often including one on one help, is provided from locations that vary each month. You will learn and practice the concepts that translate a three dimensional scene to a two dimensional surface, including choosing a composition, understanding value, shapes, edges, and texture, as you create your compositions.
All levels of artists are welcome.

Saturday, April 22 is Earth Day, an event that was first observed in 1970 and now encompasses over 190 countries around the globe. Muscle Powered will be doing its part to help make Carson City, and in turn the world, a better place by holding a Trash Mob on Earth Day.

Paint outdoors on the first Saturday of each month from 10:00am - 1:00pm, in this Brewery Arts Center class. Each fun and exciting class gives encouragement and support as you create art in the ever changing outdoor environment.

Decreased staffing and close proximity of hot materials to the fire line during last October's prescribed burn in the Little Valley northwest of Carson City contributed to an uncontrolled wildfire on Oct. 14, 2016 that consumed more than 2,000 acres, a final report released Wednesday from the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (NDCNR) said.

This hike to Centennial Park East, has been cancelled. High winds and rain is expected.

Lyon County Manager Jeff Page provides this photo of a tree that fell due to high winds in Dayton near the Subway. The Lyon County Road Department reports Route 95A between Yerington and Schurz is reopening as well as connecting roads. Rain is falling in the Virginia and Pinenut Ranges and Lyon County is preparing for additional flood issues throughout the county.

MINDEN, Nev. — Strong winds wreaked havoc over Carson Valley Thursday, knocking down fences, trees power poles and power lines around the Valley. The peak wind reported to the National Weather Service thus far was an 85 mph gust in Gardnerville.

UPDATE 5:07PM: As of 5 p.m. NV Energy reports 318 customers are without power in Carson City, 8,102 in Douglas County, 97 customers in Lyon County and 1,624 customers in Washoe County.
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UPDATE 320PM: As of 3:15 p.m. there were 318 customers without power in Carson City, 5,493 without power in Douglas County, 172 customers in Lyon County and 1,760 customers in Washoe County. Six customers were without power in Storey County.
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High winds from the current storm system have caused multiple outages Thursday throughout the Carson City, Carson Valley and Washoe Valley areas, according to NV Energy.

Carson City staff is expecting rain from the arriving storm to continue through Thursday. There will be periods of heavy rain and high winds with gusts between 70 to 80 miles per hour.

Another strong Pacific storm is making its way into the Sierra and western Nevada this Thursday bringing heavy rain, localized flooding, potentially damaging winds and high elevation snow, according to the National Weather Service.

UPDATE 4:40PM: Residents of Carson City are encouraged to sign up for CodeRED, a free emergency notification service provided to all residents which will notify you of emergency information through phone calls, text messages, emails, social media and the CodeRED Mobile Alert app.

After periods of clouds and isolated showers this weekend, rain is expected to return to Carson City late Sunday into Monday morning, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno reports, accompanied by a high wind watch with gusts as high as 45 miles per hour (mph) and sustained winds between 15-25 mph by Monday afternoon.

Another potent winter storm blast will slam into Carson City, western Nevada and Sierra beginning Saturday night that could bring up to 14 inches of snow in the valleys and several feet in the mountains, according to the National Weather Service.

With a variety of winter weather conditions occurring across Nevada and Eastern California, the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest would like to remind visitors to be extra careful while recreating this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend and throughout winter.

Severe weather, high winds, heavy rain, snow and flooding are causing multiple outages throughout northern Nevada including Carson City, Douglas County and Lake Tahoe.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Dec. 19-25, 2016. Road closures expected at the following location due to utility and road work:

Gusty winds continue to push into the Carson City area Thursday ahead of a storm system that is expected to bring rain and high elevation snow to the area through Friday.

With the next "atmospheric river" system expected to arrive in the Carson City region in the coming days, forecasters are looking at Wednesday into Thursday for potentially damaging winds and heavy rain in the region.

Mark Salinas awoke in his new home recently to find a tree felled by high winds and eight deer roaming his yard. A typical autumn day in Carson City.