Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2009, 2:25 PM PDT for Churchill County, Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 1, 2009, 2:25 PM PDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2009, 3:05 PM PDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Churchill County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 012125 SVRREV NVC001-029-031-012215- /O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0021.090601T2125Z-090601T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 225 PM PDT MON JUN 1 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... SOUTHEASTERN WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 315 PM PDT * AT 224 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIRGINIA PEAK...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAHONTAN RESERVOIR...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...NIXON, WADSWORTH, AND VIRGINIA PEAK. TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 447 NORTH OF WADSWORTH, AND INTERSTATE 80 NEAR WADSWORTH, WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS DEVELOPED VERY QUICKLY...AND WILL PRODUCE A BURST OF HIGH WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE. SEEK SAFE SHELTER...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS. LAT...LON 3988 11944 3983 11914 3957 11930 3963 11951 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 198DEG 8KT 3967 11936 $$ CS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KREV 012151 SVSREV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 251 PM PDT MON JUN 1 2009 NVC001-029-031-012215- /O.CON.KREV.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090601T2215Z/ STOREY NV-CHURCHILL NV-WASHOE NV- 251 PM PDT MON JUN 1 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM PDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHOE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CHURCHILL AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN STOREY COUNTIES... AT 250 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND HAIL TO NICKEL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VIRGINIA PEAK...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PYRAMID LAKE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...NIXON...WADSWORTH AND VIRGINIA PEAK. TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 447 BETWEEN WADSWORTH AND NIXON WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WATCH FOR PONDING WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS...AND REMEMBER TO TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS. LAT...LON 3988 11944 3983 11914 3958 11930 3970 11949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 199DEG 8KT 3974 11937 $$ CS
000 WWUS55 KREV 012205 SVSREV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 305 PM PDT MON JUN 1 2009 NVC001-029-031-012215- /O.CAN.KREV.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090601T2215Z/ STOREY NV-CHURCHILL NV-WASHOE NV- 305 PM PDT MON JUN 1 2009 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHOE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CHURCHILL AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN STOREY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH 330 PM PDT...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. IF YOU OBSERVED ANY WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING FROM THE STORM EARLIER WEST OF HIGHWAY 447...REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO. CALL OUR OFFICE AT 775-673-8100. YOUR REPORTS HELP US IMPROVE OUR WARNING PROCESS. LAT...LON 3988 11944 3983 11914 3958 11930 3970 11949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 199DEG 8KT 3977 11936 $$ CS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:54 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | REV | Churchill | 86 min |
| Jun 1, 1:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Mineral | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 2:02 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Mineral | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.