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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV

July 21, 2008Churchill County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 2008, 3:12 PM PDT for Churchill County, Nevada. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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, 2008, 3:12 PM PDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2008, 4:00 PM PDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Churchill County, NV

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 21, 3:34 PM PDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 Se Fallon Station, NV	MULTIPLE FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST OF FALLON.

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS55 KREV 212213
TORREV
NVC001-212300-
/O.NEW.KREV.TO.W.0002.080721T2212Z-080721T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
312 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...

* UNTIL 400 PM PDT

* AT 308 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTH
  OF JUNCTION US 95 AND NV 120 (PASTURE RD)...OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF   
  FALLON...MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST 22 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION US 95 AND NV 120 (PASTURE RD) BY 345 PM
  PDT...
  6 MILES EAST OF FALLON STATION BY 400 PM PDT...

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 3939 11879 3946 11861 3949 11836 3912 11847
      3910 11861 3911 11871 3915 11878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 200DEG 19KT 3916 11871

$$

RM

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS55 KREV 212226 RRA
SVSREV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
321 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2008

NVC001-212300-
/O.CON.KREV.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080721T2300Z/
CHURCHILL NV-
325 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM PDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHURCHILL COUNTY...

AT 320 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF
JUNCTION US 95 AND NV 120 (PASTURE RD)...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF
FALLON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION US 95 AND NV 120 (PASTURE RD) BY 340 PM
  PDT...
  WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 50 TEN MILES WEST OF SAND MOUNTAIN BY 350 PM
  PDT..

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 3939 11879 3946 11861 3949 11836 3912 11847
      3910 11861 3911 11871 3915 11878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 200DEG 19KT 3920 11869

$$

RM

The 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, 2:42 PM PDT	Tornado Warning	REV	Churchill, Lyon, Mineral	33 min
Jul 21, 3:07 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Churchill, Lyon, Storey	38 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

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.