Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2000, 6:14 PM PDT for Lyon County, Storey County, Nevada. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 17, 2000, 6:14 PM PDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2000, 6:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
974 WUUS55 KREV 180116 SVRRNO NVC019-029-510-180145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 614 PM PDT SAT JUN 17 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CARSON CITY IN WESTERN NEVADA NORTHERN LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA SOUTHERN STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF DAYTON AND STAGECOACH * UNTIL 645 PM PDT * AT 606 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAYTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF CARSON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OVER DAYTON...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIRGINIA CITY AT 620 PM PDT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STAGECOACH...9 MILES WEST OF FORT CHURCHILL STATE PARK AT 645 PM PDT 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 3921 11977 3908 11960 3928 11902 3958 11928
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lyon, Storey | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 5:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill | 35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.