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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV

June 8, 1998Washoe County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1998, 6:56 PM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1998, 6:56 PM PDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1998, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Washoe County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 1998-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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.

587 
WUUS1 KRNO 090159 RRA
SVRRNO
NVC031-090300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
656 PM PDT MON JUN 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WASHOE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEVADA

* UNTIL 800 PM PDT

* AT 653 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF PYRAMID LAKE.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE APPROACHING AND MOVING THROUGH
  THE TOWN OF SUTCLIFF...AND OVER PYRAMID LAKE IN THE NEXT HOUR.


WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

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.