Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1995, 3:45 PM PDT for Churchill County, Lander County, Pershing County, Nevada. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 1995, 3:45 PM PDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 1995, 4:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Churchill County, NV, Lander County, NV, Pershing County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRNO 032251 RRA SVRRNO NVC001-015-027-032345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 345 PM PDT SUN SEP 3 1995 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 NORTHWESTERN NEVADA ...ALL OF PERSHING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA ...EASTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEVADA ...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH THROUGH EASTERN CHURCHILL AND ALL OF PERSHING COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR. WIND DRIVEN DUST OR SAND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN LOVELOCK AND BATTLE MOUNTAIN SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR THE NEED TO SLOW DOWN OR PULL OVER AND WAIT OUT THE STORM. BOATERS ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVER OPEN WATER...AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF CONDITIONS BECOME SEVERE. BOATERS ON RYEPATCH RESERVOIR SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE. BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF LOCAL FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORM RAINS. STAY AWAY FROM WASHES AND GULLIES. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH ...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 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, Sep 3, 1:45 PM PDT, 2 hours before
NVZ004>006-032200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 145 PM PDT SUN SEP 03 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL NEVADA AT 140 PM PDT. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN IN NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOULD BE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF TOWN 215 PM PDT. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ALSO INDICATED OTHER STORMS SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE MOUNTAINS JUST WEST OF SCHURZ AND WALKER LAKE IN WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR WASHES. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE COVER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...SINCE THESE STORMS ARE ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL STATIONS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CAIRNS/2046
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 1:48 PM PDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
NVZ004>006-032200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 145 PM PDT SUN SEP 03 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL NEVADA AT 140 PM PDT. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN IN NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOULD BE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF TOWN 215 PM PDT. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ALSO INDICATED OTHER STORMS SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE MOUNTAINS JUST WEST OF SCHURZ AND WALKER LAKE IN WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR WASHES. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE COVER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...SINCE THESE STORMS ARE ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL STATIONS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CAIRNS/2045
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 1:52 PM PDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
NVZ004>006-032200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 145 PM PDT SUN SEP 03 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL NEVADA AT 140 PM PDT. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN IN NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOULD BE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF TOWN 215 PM PDT. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ALSO INDICATED OTHER STORMS SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE MOUNTAINS JUST WEST OF SCHURZ AND WALKER LAKE IN WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR WASHES. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE COVER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...SINCE THESE STORMS ARE ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING. CO NTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL STATIONS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CAIRNS/2046
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 5:55 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | REV | Lander | 35 min |
| Sep 3, 2:36 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill, Pershing | 69 min |
| Sep 3, 4:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing | 60 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.