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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Reno, NV

June 15, 1995Pershing County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1995, 4:00 PM PDT for Pershing County, Nevada. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1995, 4:00 PM PDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1995, 4:40 PM PDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Pershing County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 152301 RRA
SVRRNO
NVC027-152345-

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

  ...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PERSHING COUNTY
   ...INCLUDING LOVELOCK...RYE PATCH RESERVOIR STATE RECREATIONAL    
AREA...AND IMLAY 

RENO DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
PERSHING COUNTY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG
INTERSTATE 80 AND SHOULD AFFECT THE RYE PATCH RESERVOIR STATE PARK
AND IMLAY BETWEEN 4:15 AND 4:30.  

THE EARLIER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PERSHING COUNTY
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS 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

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, 27 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, 25 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, 20 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 1:40 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVChurchill45 min
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

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.