Alert archive / Nevada / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 2008, 2:42 PM PDT for Churchill County, Lyon County, Mineral County, Nevada. It was in force for 33 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 21, 2008, 2:42 PM PDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2008, 3:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Churchill County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KREV 212143 TORREV NVC001-019-021-212215- /O.NEW.KREV.TO.W.0001.080721T2142Z-080721T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 242 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CHURCHILL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... NORTHWESTERN MINERAL COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 315 PM PDT * AT 238 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR US 95 AT MINERAL-LYON CO LINE...OR 32 MILES SOUTH OF FALLON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... US 95 AT MINERAL-LYON CO LINE BY 305 PM PDT... US 95 AT LYON-CHURCHILL CO LINE BY 315 PM PDT... THE STRONGEST ROTATION WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF SCHURZ AT 238 PM PDT. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TRAVELERS ON US 95 ARE IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS STORM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3925 11878 3910 11854 3893 11886 3900 11897 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 221DEG 11KT 3903 11884 $$ CS
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS55 KREV 212201
SVSREV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
301 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2008
NVC001-019-021-212215-
/O.CON.KREV.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080721T2215Z/
CHURCHILL NV-MINERAL NV-LYON NV-
301 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM PDT FOR EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL LYON...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MINERAL AND SOUTHWESTERN
CHURCHILL COUNTIES...
AT 255 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR US 95 AT
LYON-CHURCHILL CO LINE...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF FALLON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3903 11877 3905 11884 3909 11889 3924 11880
3924 11879 3925 11879 3918 11866 3915 11862
3912 11857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 219DEG 20KT 3913 11874
$$
CSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:39 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Mineral | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 6:07 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lyon, Storey | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 2:10 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill, Lyon, Mineral | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 2:28 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Douglas, Lyon | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 3:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill, Lyon, Storey | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 3:12 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | REV | Churchill | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 3:23 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill, Lyon, Washoe | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 3:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Storey, Washoe | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 3:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill, Lyon | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 3:49 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | REV | Churchill, Lyon | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 3:56 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | REV | Churchill | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 4:03 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 4:10 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Storey, Washoe | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 4:19 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | REV | Churchill | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 4:39 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Washoe | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 4:46 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Mineral | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 4:47 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Douglas, Lyon | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 4:48 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill, Pershing | 57 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.