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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Reno, NV

June 15, 1995Churchill County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1995, 1:40 PM PDT for Churchill County, Nevada. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1995, 1:40 PM PDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1995, 2:25 PM PDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Churchill County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-15Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRNO 152045 RRA
SVRRNO
NVC001-152125-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
140 PM PDT THU JUN 15 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO NEVADA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 225 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WESTERN NEVADA

  ...WESTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY
     ...INCLUDING FALLON

AT 1:40 PM PDT...RENO DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS
LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE FALLON AREA BETWEEN 1:45 AND 2:00 PM PDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESXS OF 57 MPH
...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 
BOATERS ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVER OPEN
WATER...AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF CONDITIONS BECOME SEVERE.

HARO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 2:35 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVChurchill, Pershing55 min
Jun 15, 3:25 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVPershing30 min
Jun 15, 3:46 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVHumboldt, Lander49 min
Jun 15, 4:00 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVPershing40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.