Alert archive / Nevada / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2:36 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill, Pershing | 69 min |
| Sep 3, 3:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill, Lander, Pershing | 60 min |
| Sep 3, 4:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing | 60 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.