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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Reno, NV

June 15, 1995Humboldt County, Lander County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1995, 3:46 PM PDT for Humboldt County, Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 1995, 3:46 PM PDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 1995, 4:35 PM PDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 152250 RRA
SVRRNO
NVC015-013-152335-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO NEVADA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 435 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWESTERN NEVADA

  ...SOUTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY

IN CENTRAL NEVADA

  ...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY
   ...INCLUDING BATTLE MOUNTAIN

THE LANDER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN BATTLE MOUNTAIN REPORTED
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  THE
STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WEATHER WERE MOVING NORTHWEST IN
SOUTHEAST HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND WILL AFFECT THESE AREAS UNTIL 4:30 PM
PDT.  TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH
...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  BE
AWARE OF THE DANGER OF LOCAL FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORM RAINS.

HARO
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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 15, 3:33 PM PDT, 13 minutes before

NVZ004>006-160030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
333 PM PDT THU JUN 15 1995

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...intense thunderstroms are occurring over northern nevada...

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:35 PM PDT, 11 minutes before

NVZ004>006-160030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
333 PM PDT THU JUN 15 1995

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...intense thunderstroms are occurring over northern nevada...

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:40 PM PDT, 6 minutes before

NVZ004>006-160040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
340 PM PDT THU JUN 15 1995

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN NEVADA...

RENO DOPPLER RADAR IS DETECTING AN INTENSE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING NORTHWEST OUT OF NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY.  THESE STORMS ARE
LIKELY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  THE
CENTER OF THE CLUSTER WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES WEST OF
BATTLE MOUNTAIN AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY
FOR ABOUT THE NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS OUT AND ABOUT IN NORTHERN NEVADA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THIS DANGEROUS CLUSTER OF STORMS.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES
...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED SHELTER.

HARO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 1:40 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Churchill	45 min
Jun 15, 2:35 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Churchill, Pershing	55 min
Jun 15, 3:25 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Pershing	30 min
Jun 15, 4:00 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Pershing	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 1995 Every 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.