Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1994, 4:58 PM PDT for Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1994, 4:58 PM PDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1994, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lander County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Winnemucca Muni, NV (KWMC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 5, 3:15 PM PDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 5, 3:17 PM PDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:10 PM PDT, 48 minutes before
NVZ-004-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 410 PM PDT THU MAY 5 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH INTO LOVELOCK AREA NEXT HOUR... RADAR AND SATELLITE REPORTS SHOW A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CELL 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF LOVELOCK AT 400 PM PDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTH. PEOPLE IN PERSHING COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS, HAIL, AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. TAKE COVER IN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DF/2309Z
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:10 PM PDT, 48 minutes before
NVZ-004-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 410 PM PDT THU MAY 5 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH INTO LOVELOCK AREA NEXT HOUR... RADAR AND SATELLITE REPORTS SHOW A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CELL 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF LOVELOCK AT 400 PM PDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTH. PEOPLE IN PERSHING COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS, HAIL, AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. TAKE COVER IN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DF/2309Z
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:30 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | REV | Lander | 30 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.