Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2003, 3:15 PM PDT for Pershing County, Nevada. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2003, 3:15 PM PDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2003, 3:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pershing County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
655 WUUS55 KREV 242215 SVRREV NVC027-242245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 312 PM PDT THU JUL 24 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PERSHING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA * UNTIL 345 PM PDT * AT 310 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF OREANA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF LOVELOCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... OVER RYE PATCH RESERVOIR AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF IMLAY AT 345 PM PDT 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. CAMPERS AND BOATERS AT RYE PATCH RESERVOIR SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN LOVELOCK AND WINNEMUCCA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LOW VISIBILITY FROM BLOWING DUST. REPORT DAMAGING WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. $$ LAT...LON 4042 11853 4029 11836 4053 11800 4069 11821
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 24, 3:00 PM PDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:00 PM PDT, 15 minutes before
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
300 PM PDT THU JUL 24 2003
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL NEVADA THIS EVENING
WHERE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND STRONGER LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE COINSIDE.
CELL MOVEMENT A LITTLE SLOWER OVER MINERAL AND LYON COUNTIES SO THREAT
OF FLASH FLOODING HIGHER. MORE SVR TYPE TSTMS EXPECTED OVER PERSHING
COUNTY LATE THIS AFTN WHERE FASTER CELL MOVEMENT AND MESOS DETECTED
BY 88D. VORT MAX MOVING ACROSS NW NV THIS AFTN AIDING IN STRONG TSTM
DVLPMNT WITH CLEARING OVER TAHOE AND LASSEN COUNTY WHERE SW WINDS
INCREASING AND PUSHING CONVECTION EAST OF SIERRA AND U.S. 395. DRIER
SWLY FLOW WILL RESULT IN LESS TSTM ACTIVITY OVER AREA FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY WITH BEST CHANCES OVER SRN CWA WHERE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
WILL ACT ON RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. WEAK S-SW FLOW WILL
CONTINUE OVER AREA AROUND 4 CORNERS HIGH INTO SUNDAY WITH MONO AND
MINERAL COUNTIES REMAINING IN MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR AFTN TSTMS WITH
BEST INSTABILITY AND CONVERGENCE. DAYTIME TEMPS HOLDING IN MID TO
UPPER 90S OVER WRN NV VALLEYS DOWN 5-10 OVER PREVIOUS DAYS READINGS.
CYLKE
IN THE EXTENDED...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
NOT MANY CHANGES TO EXTENDED. LONG-RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW
STRONG RIDGE OVER SWRN CONUS ON MONDAY WITH A DEVELOPING UPPER
TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST. THE CANADIAN AND NOGAPS DEEPEN THE
TROUGH ON TUESDAY. THE GFS AND NOGAPS FORM A CUT OFF LOW LATE
TUESDAY. IN THIS AMPLIFIED PATTERN THE RIDGE SHOULD NOT MOVE MUCH
THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL KEEP A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW INTO THE
KREV CWFA. THE GFS BRINGS A LOW OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA ON
WEDNESDAY AND INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA ON THURSDAY. THIS STRONGER LOW
WILL PULL THE CUT OFF LOW TO THE NORTH WITH IT AS IT MOVES INLAND
AND STARTS TO FLATTEN THE RIDGE. WITH MOISTURE BEING ADVECTED INTO
THE REGION THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH
THURSDAY. OHARA
.REV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NVZ001..NV004...NV005...CAZ073
UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 6:50 AM PDT, 8 hours 25 minutes before
CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-251400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 650 AM PDT THU JUL 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR FORECASTS AND RELATED MESSAGES AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY. IN ADDITION...WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:10 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Lyon, Mineral | 4 hr |
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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.