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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2011, 7:54 AM PDT for Pershing 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
- Jun 29, 2011, 7:54 AM PDT (14:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2011, 8:30 AM PDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pershing County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
831
WFUS55 KREV 291454
TORREV
NVC027-291530-
/O.NEW.KREV.TO.W.0001.110629T1454Z-110629T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
754 AM PDT WED JUN 29 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PERSHING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA...
* UNTIL 830 AM PDT
* AT 751 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL PERSHING COUNTY...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALMY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 4068 11728 4050 11729 4047 11733 4060 11749
4070 11737 4069 11731
TIME...MOT...LOC 1454Z 226DEG 25KT 4060 11732
$$
HOHMANN2 follow-up statements
589
WWUS55 KREV 291502
SVSREV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
802 AM PDT WED JUN 29 2011
NVC027-291530-
/O.CON.KREV.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110629T1530Z/
PERSHING NV-
802 AM PDT WED JUN 29 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM PDT FOR EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL PERSHING COUNTY...
AT 800 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST
PERSHING COUNTY NEAR BUFFALO VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4068 11728 4050 11729 4047 11733 4060 11749
4070 11737 4069 11731
TIME...MOT...LOC 1454Z 226DEG 25KT 4060 11732
$$
HOHMANN058
WWUS55 KREV 291526
SVSREV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
826 AM PDT WED JUN 29 2011
NVC027-291534-
/O.EXP.KREV.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110629T1530Z/
PERSHING NV-
826 AM PDT WED JUN 29 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PERSHING COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 AM PDT...
THE STORMS THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT
OF THE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4068 11728 4050 11729 4047 11733 4060 11749
4070 11737 4069 11731
TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 226DEG 25KT 4074 11712
$$
HOHMANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:48 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | 42 min | |
| Jun 29, 11:54 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Churchill | 21 min |
| Jun 29, 1:09 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | REV | Douglas, Lyon | 21 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.