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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Reno, NV

July 23, 1996Lassen County, California; Washoe County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1996, 6:28 PM PDT for Lassen County, California; Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1996, 6:28 PM PDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1996, 7:15 PM PDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lassen County, CA, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 1996-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 348 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1996-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 240128
SVRRNO
CAC035-NVC031-240215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
628 PM PDT TUE JUL 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN LASSEN COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST NEVADA
 
   ...CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY
 
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLD SPRINGS NEVADA AND WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZED HAIL. A POSSIBLE SHORT LIVED TORNADO WAS
ALSO REPORTED ALONG HWY 395 NEAR LEMMON VALLEY.
 
MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HWY 395 TOWARDS DOYLE SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR SUDDEN GUSTY CROSS WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE AJLL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.