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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2002, 3:03 PM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2002, 3:03 PM PDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2002, 3:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 1 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:38 PM PDT | Thunderstorm Wind 73 M | Nixon, 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
066 WUUS55 KREV 132203 SVRREV NVC031-132230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 301 PM PDT SAT JUL 13 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA * UNTIL 330 PM PDT * AT 257 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NIXON...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF RENO...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NIXON AT 315 PM PDT AND WILL CROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN TIP OF PYRAMID LAKE. HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. BOATERS ON PYRAMID LAKE SHOULD GET TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REPORT DAMAGING WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3960 11957 3959 11934 3999 11929 4000 11958
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 3:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Douglas | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 4:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Pershing, Washoe | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 4:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.