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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Reno, NV

July 22, 2003Plumas County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2003, 4:23 PM PDT for Plumas County, California. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2003, 4:23 PM PDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2003, 5:00 PM PDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Plumas County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 2003-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2003-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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.

813 
WUUS55 KREV 222323
SVRREV
CAC063-230000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
421 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PLUMAS COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 500 PM PDT

* AT 412 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF LAKE DAVIS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  NORTH OF BECKWOURTH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE DAVIS AT 440 PM PDT

HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY 
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF 
POSSIBLE. 

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.  
BOATERS ON LAKE DAVIS SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

REPORT DAMAGING WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

$$

LAT...LON 3979 12043 3991 12025 4017 12047 4001 12072

The office that day

Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 3:49 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVSierra26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.