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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV

June 5, 1995Lyon County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1995, 1:04 PM PDT for Lyon County, Nevada. It was in force for 11 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1995, 1:04 PM PDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1995, 1:15 PM PDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Lyon County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1995-06-05Temperature 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 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 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 052007
TORRNO
NVC019-052015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
104 PM PDT MON JUN 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST NEVADA
 
   ...NORTHERN LYON COUNTY
 
NEVADA OES REPORTS THAT AT TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND IN THE SILVER
SPRINGS AREA AT 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. TWO TRAINLERS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO, THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE, SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS, PILLOWS, OR
CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
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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.