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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Reno, NV

August 1, 2000Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2000, 5:32 PM PDT for Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2000, 5:32 PM PDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2000, 6:00 PM PDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2000-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 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 2000-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

396 
WUUS55 KREV 020032
SVRRNO
NVC029-031-020100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
532 PM PDT TUE AUG 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA

* UNTIL 600 PM PDT

* AT 526 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOCKWOOD...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF VIRGINIA CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL STOREY COUNTY AND LOCKWOOD AT 550 PM

STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS STORM...BUT THERE WILL
BE LITTLE RAIN. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN RENO.

LAT...LON 3944 11968 3932 11952 3963 11935 3961 11966

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 1, 3:00 PM PDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:00 PM PDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
300 PM PDT TUE AUG 1 2000

CONVECTION WAS DELAYED OVER WESTERN NV BY EARLY CLOUDY COVER.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS
AFTERNOON TO THE SOUTH AND SPREADING NORTH.  HIGHER PRECIPITABLE
WATER SUGGESTS LOCAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER THE
SIERRA THIS AFTERNOON.  CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLEARS SLOWLY OVERNIGHT.
WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER ALL OF WRN NV WEDNESDAY...THE AIRMASS IS
UNSTABLE WITH A LITTLE HIGH RH FOR MAINLY SCATTERED WET SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.  BY THURSDAY A TROUGH APPROACHES THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WHICH BRINGS SOUTHWEST WINDS TO NRN CA AND NW NEVADA.
THUS A CHANCE OF DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END A LITTLE EARLIER
IN THE EVENING NORTHWEST NEVADA WHILE PROVIDING SOME CONVERGENCE
FOCUS FURTHER EAST OVER WRN NEVADA.  TEMPERATURES ARE HELD A LITTLE
BELOW AIRMASS POTENTIAL BY AFTERNOON CLOUDS AND LOCAL SHOWERS.

OVER THE 3-5 DAY PERIOD A DRIER SW FLOW DEVELOPS WITH A TROUGH NEAR
THE WEST COAST.  THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST AND
THE AREA SHOULD BE ENTIRELY DRY BUT BREEZY AND A LITTLE COOLER BY
SUNDAY.  OSTERMAN.

.REV...EASTERN CALIFORNIA...NONE.
       WESTERN NEVADA...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 3:25 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVLyon, Storey, Washoe35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.