Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 2:13 PM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 2:13 PM PDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1995, 3:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washoe County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1354 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 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 022117 RRA
SVRRNO
NVC031-022200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
213 PM PDT FRI JUN 2 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST NEVADA
...CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY
....INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE...SUTCLIFFE...AND NIXON.
RENO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OFF THE
VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS INTO PYRAMID LAKE NORTH OF SUTCLIFFE. WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY AND LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. THIS
STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS AROUND PYRAMID LAKE AND THE LAKE
ITSELF.
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.
BOATERS SHOULD MOVE OFF LAKES TO NEARBY SHELTER.
BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.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 2, 11:05 AM PDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
NVZ001-003-004-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1105 AM PDT FRI JUN 02 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS SHOWN ON DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING THE LAST HOUR OVER THE RENO- SPARKS AREA AND WEST AND NORTH TOWARD CHILCOOT AND SUSANVILLE...AND ALSO NORTHEAST INTO THE PYRAMID LAKE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOPE OVER THE REGION DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SMALL HAIL...LOCAL STRONG WINDS..AND LOCAL HEAVY RAIN. IF OUTSIDE TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE BOATING REMEMBER STRONG WINDS CAN HIT AT SOME DISTANCE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM ITSELF...AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING IS DEADLY. . LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. DF/1805Z
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:35 PM PDT, 38 minutes before
NVZ001-003-004-022235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 135 PM PDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NEVADA... AT 1:30 PM PDT...RENO DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NEVADA. IN PARTICULAR...STORMS WERE CLUSTERED IN A LINE EXTENDING FROM RENO NORTHWEST TOWARDS SUSANVILLE. OTHER AREAS OF STORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN PERSHING COUNTY, NORTHWEST NYE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10-15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE RENO- SPARKS METRO AREA SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LOCKWOOD...AND 5-10 MILES WEST OF FALLON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF FALLON SHOULD AFFECT THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 30-45 MINUTES. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF LOCAL FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORM RAINS. HARO
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:36 PM PDT, 37 minutes before
NVZ001-003-004-022235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 135 PM PDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NEVADA... AT 1:30 PM PDT...RENO DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NEVADA. IN PARTICULAR...STORMS WERE CLUSTERED IN A LINE EXTENDING FROM RENO NORTHWEST TOWARDS SUSANVILLE. OTHER AREAS OF STORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN PERSHING COUNTY, NORTHWEST NYE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10-15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE RENO- SPARKS METRO AREA SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LOCKWOOD...AND 5-10 MILES WEST OF FALLON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF FALLON SHOULD AFFECT THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 30-45 MINUTES. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR APPROAHCHES YOUR LOCATION SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF LOCAL FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORM RAINS. HARO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Humboldt, 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.