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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Reno, NV

August 30, 1992Lander County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 1992, 7:00 PM PDT for Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 60 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 1992, 7:00 PM PDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 1992, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Lander County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Winnemucca Muni, NV (KWMC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRNO 310202
SVRRNO
NVC015-310300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
700 PM PDT SUN AUG 30 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA
 
   ...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY
 
WINDS GUSTS TO 63 MPH WERE OBSERVED AT THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN AIRPORT AT
645 THIS EVENING FROM A THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTH ABOUT 20 MPH. IN
ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
 
 
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.
 
CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
WARNINGS. WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO..RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER
TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.
 
TRC/0200Z

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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.