Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2001, 5:00 PM PDT for Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2001, 5:00 PM PDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2001, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:45 PM PDT | Hail 1.1 | Sparks, NV | |
| Jul 11, 6:00 PM PDT | Hail 1.5 | Sparks, NV | |
| Jul 11, 6:10 PM PDT | Hail 1 | Sparks, NV |
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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 638 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 120003 SVRRNO NVC029-031-120100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 500 PM PDT WED JUL 11 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VIRGINIA CITY SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA * UNTIL 600 PM PDT * AT 454 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER VIRGINIA CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LOCKWOOD AND PATRICK AT 520 PM PDT SPARKS AT 530 PM PDT SPANISH SPRINGS AT 540 PM PDT HAIL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN DAYTON WITH THIS STORM. WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. 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. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...L ON 3924 11969 3937 11949 3990 11947 3988 11983
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 Jul 11, 2:45 PM PDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:45 PM PDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 245 PM PDT WED JUL 11 2001 WEAK UPPER LOW JUST OFF CALIFORNIA COAST NEAR EKA HAS KICKED OFF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NE CALIFORNIA AND EXTREME NW NEVADA. AS WEST WIND HAVE KICKED IN OFF THE SIERRA ALSO WATCHING AREA FROM MINERAL COUNTY INTO THE BASIN AND RANGE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN SURFACE CONVERGENCE. OTHERWISE...UPPER RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS BUILDS BACK INTO THE DESERT SW THROUGH FRIDAY. MOST AREAS WILL SEE INCREASING 500MB HEIGHTS AND DRIER SW FLOW ALOFT TOMORROW. UPPER TROF REMAINS OVER THE PACIFIC NW AND MODELS BRING A FEATURE INTO NW CALIFORNIA FRIDAY. AVN REMAINS UNSTABLE ACROSS THE OREGON/NEVADA BORDER INTO FRIDAY. WILL RETAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN WASHOE AND LASSEN COUNTIES BOTH TOMORROW AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE WEAKENS SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES AROUND THE EASTERN PACIFIC RIDGE INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA. THIS DROPS INTO THE PACIFIC NW SUNDAY AND WILL BRING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO NE CALIFORNIA AND EXTREME NW NEVADA SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY. MODELS DIVERGE AFTER SUNDAY WITH ECMWF MOVING THE TROF INTO ALBERTA...MRF/AVN DROPPING IT ALONG THE OREGON COAST AND THE NOGAPS KEEPING IT RELATIVELY STATIONARY. HAVE BACKED OFF SOMEWHAT FROM THE OLD MRF SOLUTION AS FAR AS COOLING BUT CAN NOT DISCOUNT THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS CNORTHERN AREAS. MOST OF WESTERN NEVADA WILL BE QUITE PLEASANT UNDER THIS PATTERN SAVE SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS. RIDGE APPEARS TO BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES MODERATE. SG .REV...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Washoe | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 6:24 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Pershing | 36 min |
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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.