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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2012, 5:22 PM PDT for Churchill County, Nevada. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 22, 2012, 5:22 PM PDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2012, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Churchill County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 5:56 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Fallon, NV | 59 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT FALLON NAVAL AIR STATION. |
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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 3936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
474 WUUS55 KREV 230022 SVRREV NVC001-230100- /O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0001.120423T0022Z-120423T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 522 PM PDT SUN APR 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CHURCHILL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FALLON... * UNTIL 600 PM PDT * AT 517 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF FALLON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...FALLON. PREPARE NOW FOR HIGH WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 3957 11899 3953 11862 3924 11872 3926 11895 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 187DEG 11KT 3935 11882 $$ JHW
1 follow-up statement
735 WWUS55 KREV 230039 SVSREV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 539 PM PDT SUN APR 22 2012 NVC001-230100- /O.CON.KREV.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120423T0100Z/ CHURCHILL NV- 539 PM PDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM PDT FOR WEST CENTRAL CHURCHILL COUNTY... AT 531 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JUNCTION US 95 AND NV 120 (PASTURE RD)...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF FALLON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...FALLON...FALLON STATION...FALLON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...JUNCTION US 95 AND NV 120 (PASTURE RD)... JUNCTION US 50 AND NV 116 (STUART RD) AND JUNCTION US 50 AND NV 117 (SHECKLER CUTOFF). PREPARE NOW FOR HIGH WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS DEVELOPED VERY QUICKLY...AND WILL PRODUCE A BURST OF HIGH WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE. SEEK SAFE SHELTER...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS. LAT...LON 3957 11899 3953 11862 3924 11872 3926 11895 TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 187DEG 13KT 3942 11881 $$ JHW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 5:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Churchill | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 6:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | 53 min | |
| Apr 22, 8:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 8:57 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 1 min |
| Apr 22, 8:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 1:54 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 21 min |
| Apr 23, 3:08 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | 32 min | |
| Apr 23, 4:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | 44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.