Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1994, 4:15 PM PDT for Douglas County, Nevada. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1994, 4:15 PM PDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1994, 4:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Oakland, CA (KOAK), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRNO 222318 RRA SVRRNO NVC005-222345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 415 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO NEVADA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WESTERN NEVADA ...ALL OF DOUGLAS COUNTY LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE FISH SPRINGS AND JOHNSON LANE AREA OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, JUST EAST OF MINDEN AND GARDNERVILLE. IN ADDITION, INTENSE LIGHTNING HAD CAUSED NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. REMEMBER, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OVER 50 MPH, DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH, SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING, BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. RL
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, Jul 22, 1:30 PM PDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
NVZ001>005-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 130 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN THE RENO AREA... THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO THE RENO AREA AND WERE MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH. LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED AT VARIOUS PLACES AROUND THE CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE RENO AREA FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE LOCAL STREET FLOODING. PERSONS IN EXPOSED AREAS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER FROM THE LIGHTNING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. FURTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS CHANGE.
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:14 PM PDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
NVZ001>005-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 305 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF RENO AND SOUTH OF GARDNERVILLE... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER WESTERN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA NORTHWEST OF RENO, FROM SIERRA VALLEY WEST TO NEAR PYRAMID LAKE. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTHEAST OF GARDNERVILLE TO NEAR HAWTHORNE. RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA SUGGEST THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. ALWAYS SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. DRIVE MORE SLOWLY AND WITH EXTRA CAUTION IN RAIN OR HAIL, ALLOWING PLENTY OF BRAKING DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY FLOODING, LARGE HAIL, OR STRONG WINDS, PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. RL
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:15 PM PDT, 2 hours before
NVZ001>005-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 215 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 1994 ...HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE RENO AREA... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IN PARTS OF THE RENO AREA. RAIN GAGES NEAR THE VIRGINIA FOOTHILLS INDICATED NEARLY A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR AS OF 200 PM. OTHER AUTOMATED STATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF RENO WERE REPORTING .20 OF AN INCH OR LESS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AND SOME LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE IN THE RENO AREA UNTIL AROUND 400 PM. AGAIN HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING, STAY OUT OF DRAINAGES OR LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN EXPOSED AREAS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER FROM THE LIGHTNING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. FURTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS CHANGE.
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:05 PM PDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NVZ001>005-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 305 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF RENO AND SOUTH OF GARDNERVILLE... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER WESTERN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA NORTHWEST OF RENO, FROM SIERRA VALLEY WEST TO NEAR PYRAMID LAKE. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTHEAST OF GARDNERVILLE TO NEAR HAWTHORNE. RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA SUGGEST THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. ALWAYS SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. DRIVE MORE SLOWLY AND WITH EXTRA CAUTION IN RAIN OR HAIL, ALLOWING PLENTY OF BRAKING DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY FLOODING, LARGE HAIL, OR STRONG WINDS, PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. RL
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:00 PM PDT, 15 minutes before
NVZ001>005-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 400 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN WESTERN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER WESTERN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH OVER THE PINE NUT MOUNTAINS JUST EAST OF MINDEN AND CARSON CITY. A STORM SPOTTER IN DOUGLAS COUNTY REPORTED QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY AFFECT THE RENO-SPARKS AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED BETWEEN RENO AND SUSANVILLE ALONG THE THE NEVADA-CALIFORNIA BORDER, AND ALONG HIGHWAY 140 NEAR THE NEVADA-OREGON BORDER. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL, REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. ALWAYS SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. IF YOU'RE DRIVING, SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON YOUR HEADLIGHTS IN HEAVY RAIN OR HAIL. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY AND ALLOW PLENTY OF BRAKING DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES. NEVER TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY FLOODING, LARGE HAIL, OR STRONG WINDS, PLEASE CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. YOUR REPORT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. RL
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:03 PM PDT, 12 minutes before
NVZ001>005-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 400 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN WESTERN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER WESTERN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH OVER THE PINE NUT MOUNTAINS JUST EAST OF MINDEN AND CARSON CITY. A STORM SPOTTER IN DOUGLAS COUNTY REPORTED QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY AFFECT THE RENO-SPARKS AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED BETWEEN RENO AND SUSANVILLE ALONG THE THE NEVADA-CALIFORNIA BORDER, AND ALONG HIGHWAY 140 NEAR THE NEVADA-OREGON BORDER. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL, REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. ALWAYS SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. IF YOU'RE DRIVING, SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON YOUR HEADLIGHTS IN HEAVY RAIN OR HAIL. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY AND ALLOW PLENTY OF BRAKING DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES. NEVER TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY FLOODING, LARGE HAIL, OR STRONG WINDS, PLEASE CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR NAtTIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. YOUR REPORT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. RL
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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.