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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV

June 1, 1995Humboldt County, Pershing County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 6:00 PM PDT for Humboldt County, Pershing County, Nevada. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1995, 6:00 PM PDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1995, 7:00 PM PDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Humboldt County, NV, Pershing County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 1995-06-02Temperature 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, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 1995-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
2512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Jun 1, 1:00 PM PDT, 5 hours before
NVZ004-020000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
100 PM PDT THU JUN 01 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER OVER THE SWEETWATER MOUNTAINS
   SOUTHWEST OF HAWTHORNE...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE INDICATED ON DOPPLER RADAR OVER THE SWEETWATER
MOUNTAINS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HAWTHORNE AND MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THE THUNDER-
STORMS ARE ACCOPMANIED BY HAIL...LOCAL STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE HAWTHORNE...WALKER LAKE...
SCHURZ AREAS...AND MAY REACH THE YERINGTON-MASON VALLEY AREA DURING THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA TAKE COVER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE BOATING REMEMBER STRONG WINDS CAN HIT
SOME DISTANCE FROM THE ACTUAL THUNDERSTORM. AND AS ALWAYS LIGHTNING IS
DEADLY.
.
LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES
ON THUS SITUATION.

DF/2000Z
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:35 PM PDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
NVZ0003-020000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
135 PM PDT THU JUN 01 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SOUTH AND
   SOUTHEAST OF CARSON CITY...AND ALSO NORTHWEST OF RENO...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ON DOPPLER RADAR OVER THE PINE NUT
MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST OF CARSON CITY...AND ALSO OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO
THE SOUTH OF CARSON AND MINDEN...AND NORTHWEST OF RENO. THESE THUNDER-
STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT AROUND 15 MPH AND MAY REACH THE CARSON
CITY-MINDEN AREAS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. IN ADDITION THESE THUNDER-
STORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE RENO-SPARKS BETWEEN ABOUT 200PM AND 530 PM
THIS AFTERNOON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL..STRONG WINDS..AND LOCAL
HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE CARSON VALLEY OR THE RENO AREA TAKE COVER
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE BOATING REMEMBER STRONG
WINDS CAN HIT AT SOME DISTANCE FROM THE ACTUAL THUNDERSTORMS. AND AS
ALWAYS LIGHTNING IS DEADLY.

LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES
ON THUS SITUATION.

DF/2035Z
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:40 PM PDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
NVZ0003-020000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
135 PM PDT THU JUN 01 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SOUTH AND
   SOUTHEAST OF CARSON CITY...AND ALSO NORTHWEST OF RENO...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ON DOPPLER RADAR OVER THE PINE NUT
MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST OF CARSON CITY...AND ALSO OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO
THE SOUTH OF CARSON AND MINDEN...AND NORTHWEST OF RENO. THESE THUNDER-
STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT AROUND 15 MPH AND MAY REACH THE CARSON
CITY-MINDEN AREAS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. IN ADDITION THESE THUNDER-
STORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE RENO-SPARKS BETWEEN ABOUT 200PM AND 530 PM
THIS AFTERNOON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL..STRONG WINDS..AND LOCAL
HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE CARSON VALLEY OR THE RENO AREA TAKE COVER
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE BOATING REMEMBER STRONG
WINDS CAN HIT AT SOME DISTANCE FROM THE ACTUAL THUNDERSTORMS. AND AS
RALWAYS LIGHTNING IS DEADLY.

LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES
ON THUS SITUATION.

DF/2035Z
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:20 PM PDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
NVZ004-020100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRRECTION FOR ZONE NUMBER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
320 PM PDT THU JUN 01 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY...
   EASTERN PERSHING COUNTY...AND LANDER COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE SHOWN ON DOPPLER RADAR OVER THE AREA BETWEEN
LOVELOCK AND AUSTIN. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL
...LOCAL STRONG WINDS..AND LOCAL HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE AFFECTED
AREAS OF CHURCHILL...PERSHING...OR LANDER COUNTIES TAKE COVER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE BOATING REMEMBER STRONG WINDS
CAN HIT AT SOME DISTANCE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS
DEADLY.

LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES
ON THIS SITUATION.
DF/2220Z
/
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:23 PM PDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
NVZ0003-020100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
320 PM PDT THU JUN 01 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY...
   EASTERN PERSHING COUNTY...AND LANDER COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE SHOWN ON DOPPLER RADAR OVER THE AREA BETWEEN
LOVELOCK AND AUSTIN. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL
...LOCAL STRONG WINDS..AND LOCAL HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE AFFECTED
AREAS OF CHURCHILL...PERSHING...OR LANDER COUNTIES TAKE COVER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE BOATING REMEMBER STRONG WINDS
CAN HIT AT SOME DISTANCE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS
DEADLY.

LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES
ON THIS SITUATION.
DF/2220Z
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:26 PM PDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
NVZ004-020100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRRECTION FOR ZONE NUMBER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
320 PM PDT THU JUN 01 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY...
   EASTERN PERSHING COUNTY...AND LANDER COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE SHOWN ON DOPPLER RADAR OVER THE AREA BETWEEN
LOVELOCK AND AUSTIN. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL
...LOCAL STRONG WINDS..AND LOCAL HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE AFFECTED
AREAS OF CHURCHILL...PERSHING...OR LANDER COUNTIES TAKE COVER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE BOATING REMEMBER STRONG WINDS
CAN HIT AT SOME DISTANCE. FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS
DEADLY.

LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES
ON THIS SITUATION.
DF/2220Z

The office that day

Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:13 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVWashoe47 min

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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.