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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV

June 13, 1986Lyon County, Storey County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1986, 6:32 PM PDT for Lyon County, Storey County, Nevada. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 1986, 6:32 PM PDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1986, 7:10 PM PDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 6:32 PM PDT	Hail 1.75	Lyon, NV

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Winnemucca Muni, NV (KWMC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3376 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRNO 140132
SVRRNO
NVC029-019-140210-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
632 PM PDT FRI JUN 13 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 710 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

NEVADA...STOREY AND NORTHERN LYON

THESE COUNTIES ARE IN WESTERN NEVADA AND INCLUDE THE CITIES OF
DAYTON SILVER SPRINGS AND YERRINGTON.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR DAYTON NEVADA.
AT 615 PM LYON COUNTY SHERRIF REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR
DAYTON. THIS STROM IS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL EFFECT
THE WARNING AREA FOR THE NEXT 40 MINUTES.
IF YOU ARE IN THE THREATENED AREA..STAY ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS
AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PROCUDE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..
HEAVY RAIN..AND DEADLY LIGHTENING.

CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION EFOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
WARNINGS.

 KOSOVITZ/0230Z
N

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.