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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Reno, NV

July 6, 2007Storey County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2007, 4:14 PM PDT for Storey County, Nevada. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2007, 4:14 PM PDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2007, 4:50 PM PDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Storey County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2007-07-06Temperature 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 2007-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 062315
SVRREV
NVC029-070000-
/O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0013.070706T2314Z-070707T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
414 PM PDT FRI JUL 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA...

* UNTIL 500 PM PDT

* AT 409 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS       
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF         
  VIRGINIA CITY TO VIRGINIA CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS OF STOREY COUNTY FROM NEAR 
VIRGINIA CITY TO SOUTH OF LOCKWOOD AND PATRICK THROUGH 450 PM PDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND 
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3954 11955 3957 11953 3955 11948 3958 11945
      3960 11936 3951 11936 3941 11943 3931 11955
      3928 11964 3950 11964

$$
CS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KREV 062333
SVSREV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
432 PM PDT FRI JUL 6 2007

NVC029-070000-
/O.CON.KREV.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070707T0000Z/
STOREY NV-
432 PM PDT FRI JUL 6 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM PDT
FOR STOREY COUNTY...

AT 426 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER CENTRAL STOREY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
VIRGINIA CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SECTIONS 
OF STOREY COUNTY THROUGH 450 PM PDT. PEOPLE SOUTH OF LOCKWOOD AND 
PATRICK WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF 
THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3954 11955 3957 11953 3955 11948 3958 11945
      3960 11936 3951 11936 3940 11944 3936 11954
      3933 11962 3950 11964

$$
CS
000 
WWUS55 KREV 062350
SVSREV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
448 PM PDT FRI JUL 6 2007

NVC029-062358-
/O.CAN.KREV.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070707T0000Z/
STOREY NV-
448 PM PDT FRI JUL 6 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STOREY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR STOREY COUNTY 
HAS WEAKENED SUBSTANTIALLY...AND THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE 
CANCELLED EARLY. GARDEN VARIETY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE I-80 AREA BETWEEN WADSWORTH AND LOCKWOOD 
THROUGH 515 PM PDT.

BASED ON RADAR INFORMATION...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WERE 
POSSIBLE EARLIER OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF STOREY COUNTY. 
IF YOU HAVE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THESE AREAS...PLEASE 
CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO.

LAT...LON 3954 11955 3957 11953 3955 11948 3958 11945
      3960 11936 3951 11936 3940 11944 3936 11954
      3933 11962 3950 11964

$$
CS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 1:59 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVWashoe31 min
Jul 6, 2:48 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningREVWashoe42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.