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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Reno, NV

July 8, 1995Pershing County, Washoe County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 7:25 PM PDT for Pershing County, Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 1995, 7:25 PM PDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 1995, 8:10 PM PDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Pershing County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRNO 090225 RRA
SVRRNO
NVC031-027-090310-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
725 PM PDT SAT JUL 8 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO NEVADA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 810 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWESTERN NEVADA

  ...EASTERN WASHOE COUNTY
  ...EXTREME WESTERN PERSHING COUNTY

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM NEAR NIXON IN EASTERN WASHOE COUNTY NORTH TO NEAR
GERLACH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AND WILL AFFECT THIS
AREA...INCLUDING STATE ROUTE 447 ALONG THE WASHOE-PERSHING COUNTY
LINE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED HEAVY
RAIN WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED SOUTH OF NIXON AND THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT BETWEEN FERNLEY AND NIXON 
EXPIRED AT 715 PM PDT.

WIND DRIVEN DUST OR SAND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT
TIMES.
BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF LOCAL FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORM
RAINS.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DApMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH
...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

RL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 6:30 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Washoe	45 min

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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.