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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV

July 13, 1990Lyon County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1990, 2:22 PM PDT for Lyon County, Nevada. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1990, 2:22 PM PDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1990, 3:15 PM PDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Lyon County, NV

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Winnemucca Muni, NV (KWMC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 240 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Winnemucca Muni, NV at 12:00Z on 1990-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Winnemucca Muni, NV at 12:00Z on 1990-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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 132123
SVRRNO
NVC019-132215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
222 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST NEVADA
 
   ...LYON COUNTY
 
HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED NEAR DAYTON..NEVADA AT 215
PM PDT. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE LARGE HAIL WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO
THE NORTHEAST. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA.
 
 
 
 
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
LIGHTNING.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING..DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. DO NOT STAND BY
WINDOWS.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.