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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV

September 2, 1995Lander County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 1995, 5:55 PM PDT for Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 1995, 5:55 PM PDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1995, 6:30 PM PDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Lander County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 00:00Z on 1995-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 1995-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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 030057
TORRNO
NVC015-030130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
555 PM PDT SAT SEP 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA
 
   ...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY
 
AT 5:50 PM PDT THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN OFFICE OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEME
REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD SEVERAL MILES SOUTH OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN. THE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING NORTH AND WILL REACH
THE CITY OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 80 IN THE NEXT HALF
HOUR.
 
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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
&
 
RL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 2:36 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVChurchill, Pershing69 min
Sep 3, 3:45 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVChurchill, Lander, Pershing60 min
Sep 3, 4:45 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVChurchill, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing60 min

Nearby

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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.