Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2006, 8:33 PM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports 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 21, 2006, 8:33 PM PDT (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2006, 9:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 42 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), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 21, 8:41 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 5 Nw Lockwood, NV | WIND GUST TO 50 MPH REPORTED |
| Jul 21, 8:41 PM PDT | HAIL 0.88 | Spanish Springs, NV | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 220334 SVRREV NVC031-220415- /O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0013.060722T0333Z-060722T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 833 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA * UNTIL 915 PM PDT * AT 831 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SUN VALLEY AND SPANISH SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RENO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPANISH SPRINGS BY 840 PM PDT IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3955 11984 3952 11957 3982 11961 3974 11995 $$ JORDAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KREV 220357 SVSREV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 857 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006 NVC031-220415- /O.CON.KREV.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060722T0415Z/ WASHOE NV- 857 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM PDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY... AT 853 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STEAD...OR ABOUT NEAR COLD SPRINGS VALLEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COLD SPRINGS VALLEY BY 905 PM PDT LAT...LON 3956 11998 3952 11957 3982 11961 3986 11999 $$ JORDAN
000 WWUS55 KREV 220411 SVSREV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 911 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006 NVC031-220421- /O.EXP.KREV.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060722T0415Z/ WASHOE NV- 911 PM PDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM PDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. ONLY MODERATE WINDS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED UNTIL 10 PM IN FROM SPANISH SPRINGS WEST TO STEAD. LAT...LON 3956 11998 3952 11957 3982 11961 3986 11999 $$ JHW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:17 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Storey, Washoe | 88 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.