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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Reno, NV

July 14, 2008Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2008, 3:37 PM PDT for Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 53 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 14, 2008, 3:37 PM PDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2008, 4:30 PM PDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 3:53 PM PDT	HAIL 0.75	Reno, NV	3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT MCCARREN AND KIETZKE IN RENO
Jul 14, 4:29 PM PDT	TSTM WND GST 50	Spanish Springs, NV	40-50 MPH WIND GUSTS AT SPANISH SPRINGS AIRPORT

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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -292 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 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 142238
SVRREV
NVC029-031-142330-
/O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0021.080714T2237Z-080714T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
337 PM PDT MON JUL 14 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RENO...

* UNTIL 430 PM PDT

* AT 335 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STEAD TO RENO-TAHOE
  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF RENO TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RENO...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  STEAD AND RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 345 PM PDT...
  SPARKS BY 355 PM PDT...
  LOCKWOOD BY 405 PM PDT...
  SPANISH SPRINGS BY 415 PM PDT...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 80 IN NEVADA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
10 AND 8.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WATCH FOR
PONDING WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS...AND REMEMBER TO TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS.

LAT...LON 3984 11981 3953 11953 3938 11982 3958 11998
      3969 11998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 225DEG 12KT 3962 11990 3947 11977

$$

HOON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS55 KREV 142300
SVSREV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
358 PM PDT MON JUL 14 2008

NVC029-031-142330-
/O.CON.KREV.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080714T2330Z/
STOREY NV-WASHOE NV-
358 PM PDT MON JUL 14 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WASHOE AND WEST CENTRAL STOREY COUNTIES...

AT 354 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM STEAD AIRPORT TO THE RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF RENO TO 6 MILES EAST 
OF RENO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LOCKWOOD BY 405 PM PDT...
  MUSTANG BY 410 PM PDT...
  SPARKS BY 410 PM PDT...
  SPANISH SPRINGS BY 415 PM PDT...
  SPANISH SPRINGS AIRPORT BY 420 PM PDT...
  PATRICK BY 425 PM PDT...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 80 IN NEVADA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
10 AND 8.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WATCH FOR
PONDING WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS...AND REMEMBER TO TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS.

LAT...LON 3984 11981 3953 11953 3938 11982 3958 11998
      3969 11998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 225DEG 12KT 3967 11983 3952 11970

$$

HOON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 4:27 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Washoe	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:45 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Storey, Washoe	60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.