Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2001, 2:15 PM PDT for Douglas County, Nevada; Alpine County, California. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 10, 2001, 2:15 PM PDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2001, 3:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Alpine County, CA, Douglas County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2236 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 102114 SVRRNO CAC003-NVC005-102200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 215 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MINDEN...GARDNERVILLE AND GENOA * UNTIL 300 PM PDT * AT 200 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN DOUGLAS...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEAVENLY VALLEY...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OVER DAGGET PASS AND NEAR GENOA AT 230 PM PDT * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KINGSBURY GRADE IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. REPORT DAMAGING WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3882 11986 3894 11973 3908 11984 3904 11998
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 3:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 4:20 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Douglas | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 4:40 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Washoe | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 1:29 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Plumas | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 3:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Nevada, Sierra | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.