Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 1994, 7:09 PM PDT for Lyon County, Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 1994, 7:09 PM PDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 1994, 8:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Winnemucca Muni, NV (KWMC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 3913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 250215 RRA SVRRNO NVC019-029-031-250315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 709 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST NEVADA ...WESTERN LYON COUNTY...SOUTHERN STOREY COUNTY ...SOUTHERN WASHOE COUNTY AT 647 PM THIS EVENING, A SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WITH MODERATE RAIN AT MOUNDHOUSE, EAST OF CARSON CITY ON HIGHWAY 50. JUST PRIOR TO THIS REPORT WAS AN OBSERVATION OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN DAYTON, A FEW MILES FURTHER EAST ON HIGHWAY 50. THE RAIN AND HAIL ARE ASSCOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE DAYTON AREA, MOVING NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM FROM FAR WESTERN LYON COUNTY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN STOREY INTO SOUTHERN WASHOE COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS TRACK WOULD CROSS NEAR VIRGINIA CITY NORTHWEST TO WASHOE VALLEY AND RENO. THE STORM MAY BE ACCOMANIED BY THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL, LOCAL HEAVY RAIN, WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH, AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. 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. BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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.
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, Sep 24, 5:15 PM PDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
NVZ001-002-003-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 515 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS BRING A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND HAIL TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SIERRA AND EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA... AT 5 PM, SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOW WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA AND OVER THE EAST CENTRAL SIERRA NORTH TO THE TAHOE AND TRUCKEE AREA. A PUBLIC REPORT OF HALF INCH HAIL IN THE MINDEN AREA AT 445 PM WAS FOLLOWED AT 455 PM BY A WEATHER SPOTTER OBSERVATION OF HAIL COVERING SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AROUND SLIDE MOUNTAIN, NORTHEAST OF LAKE TAHOE. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, HAIL WAS ALSO OBSERVED OVER SPOONER SUMMIT ON HIGHWAY 50. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AND ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS, AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA AND EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING, HOWEVER, A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVERNIGHT. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AND EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HAIL SLICK ROADS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES TO THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 0015Z/LEO
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 5:17 PM PDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NVZ001-002-003-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 515 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS BRING A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND HAIL TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SIERRA AND EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA... AT 5 PM, SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOW WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA AND OVER THE EAST CENTRAL SIERRA NORTH TO THE TAHOE AND TRUCKEE AREA. A PUBLIC REPORT OF HALF INCH HAIL IN THE MINDEN AREA AT 445 PM WAS FOLLOWED AT 455 PM BY A WEATHER SPOTTER OBSERVATION OF HAIL COVERING SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AROUND SLIDE MOUNTAIN, NORTHEAST OF LAKE TAHOE. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, HAIL WAS ALSO OBSERVED OVER SPOONER SUMMIT ON HIGHWAY 50. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AND ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS, AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA AND EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING, HOWEVER, A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVERNIGHT. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AND EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HAIL SLICK ROADS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES TO THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 0015Z/LEO
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 5:35 PM PDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NVZ001-002-003-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...STORM MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 535 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS BRING A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND HAIL TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SIERRA AND EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA... AT 5 PM, SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOW WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA AND OVER THE EAST CENTRAL SIERRA NORTH TO THE TAHOE AND TRUCKEE AREA. A PUBLIC REPORT OF HALF INCH HAIL IN THE MINDEN AREA AT 445 PM WAS FOLLOWED AT 455 PM BY A WEATHER SPOTTER OBSERVATION OF HAIL COVERING SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AROUND SLIDE MOUNTAIN, NORTHEAST OF LAKE TAHOE. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, HAIL WAS ALSO OBSERVED OVER SPOONER SUMMIT ON HIGHWAY 50. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AND ARE MOVING NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS, AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA AND EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING, HOWEVER, A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVERNIGHT. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AND EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HAIL SLICK ROADS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES TO THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 0035Z/LEO
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 5:40 PM PDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
NVZ001-002-003-250300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...STORM MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 535 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS BRING A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND HAIL TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SIERRA AND EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA... AT 5 PM, SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOW WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA AND OVER THE EAST CENTRAL SIERRA NORTH TO THE TAHOE AND TRUCKEE AREA. A PUBLIC REPORT OF HALF INCH HAIL IN THE MINDEN AREA AT 445 PM WAS FOLLOWED AT 455 PM BY A WEATHER SPOTTER OBSERVATION OF HAIL COVERING SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AROUND SLIDE MOUNTAIN, NORTHEAST OF LAKE TAHOE. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, HAIL WAS ALSO OBSERVED OVER SPOONER SUMMIT ON HIGHWAY 50. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AND ARE MOVING NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS, AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA AND EXTREME WESTERN NEVADA UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING, HOWEVER, A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVERNIGHT. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AND EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HAIL SLICK ROADS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES TO THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 0035Z/LEO
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.