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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2000, 4:55 PM PDT for Nevada County, Sierra County, California. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2000, 4:55 PM PDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2000, 5:35 PM PDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Nevada County, CA, Sierra County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:00 PM PDT | Hail 1 | Hobart Mills, CA | National Weather Service official observer reported 1/2 to 1 inch hail at Sagehen Creek. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KREV 262354 SVRRNO CAC057-091-270035- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 455 PM PDT MON JUN 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN NEVADA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS AREA INCLUDES...TAHOE DONNER AND PROSSER CREEK RESERVOIR SOUTHEASTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS INCLUDES STAMPEDE RESERVOIR * UNTIL 535 PM PDT * AT 447 PM PDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF PROSSER CREEK RESERVOIR. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE TAHOE DONNER AREA. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDEPENDENCE LAKE...7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DONNER SUMMIT AT 530 PM PDT HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. 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 ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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 3928 12018 3944 12007 3958 12032 3935 12046
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Plumas | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.