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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Reno, NV

July 10, 2001Douglas County, Nevada; Alpine County, California

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2001-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 3:45 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVDouglas, Washoe45 min
Jul 10, 4:20 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningREVDouglas55 min
Jul 10, 4:40 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningREVWashoe60 min
Jul 10, 1:29 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVPlumas31 min
Jul 10, 3:00 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVNevada, Sierra30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.