Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Reno, NV

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WWUS55 KREV 102045
SVSREV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
145 PM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

NVC031-102115-
/O.CON.KREV.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130610T2115Z/
WASHOE NV-
145 PM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM PDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY...

AT 144 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF DOGSKIN MOUNTAIN...OR 19 MILES EAST OF
CHILCOOT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...DOGSKIN MOUNTAIN AND PYRAMID HIGHWAY  
  BETWEEN SPANISH SPRINGS AND SUTCLIFFE.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. WATCH FOR PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING HEAVY
RAIN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING...AND REMEMBER TO TURN ON THEIR
HEADLIGHTS.

LAT...LON 3995 11973 3978 11961 3971 11988 3993 11994
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 336DEG 14KT 3982 11979

$$

MYRICK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
210 AM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

.SYNOPSIS...

LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA WILL BRING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY. STORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN, GUSTY WINDS, HAIL, AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK CONDITIONS WILL BE DRY
WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO SEASONAL AVERAGES. AFTERNOON WINDS UP
TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM...

UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO LIFT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST EARLY THIS
MORNING, AND HAS JUST MADE IT ONTO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
AS OF 2 AM MONDAY MORNING. THE MAIN DEFORMATION AXIS WHICH
BROUGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND
NORTHWEST NEVADA SUNDAY EVENING IS LIFTING NORTHWARD INTO OREGON
AND IDAHO OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER WAVE IS MOVING THROUGH THE SACRAMENTO
VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING, KICKING OFF THUNDERSTORMS THERE.

THE LOW SHIFTING INTO THE REGION WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE
AGAIN WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. OVERALL
THE ATMOSPHERE IS QUITE MOIST EARLY THIS MORNING WITH DEW POINTS
IN THE MID 30S TO MID 40S. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS ARE AREAS
EAST OF HIGHWAY 95 WHERE DRIER AIR AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL KEEP DEW
POINTS IN THE TEENS. THEREFORE AM EXPECTING THAT STORMS WILL
INITIATE ALONG THE SIERRA, SIERRA FRONT, AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA,
PROPAGATING EASTWARD INTO THE AFTERNOON AS WEST WINDS INCREASE.
THE MAIN STORM THREATS TODAY WILL BE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND
HAIL, BUT WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE. IN
ADDITION, THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF LIGHTNING, SO THOSE WITH
OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST TO STAY SAFE
FROM THE STORMS. FIRE STARTS ARE MUCH MORE UNLIKELY TODAY DUE TO
THE WETTING RAINS, HOWEVER DRY STRIKES OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN CORE
ARE STILL POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE THE FIRE SECTION BELOW FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

BROAD SCALE TROUGH SETTLES ACROSS THE WEST FOR TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY WITH DRY AND STABLE FLOW RESULTING. INCREASED WESTERLIES
IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BRING WIDESPREAD VALLEYS GUSTS OF 30 TO 40
MPH, AND UP TO 45 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS, ACROSS THE REGION ALONG
WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY DROPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT. THIS IS A
CONCERN BECAUSE ANY HOLDOVER FIRES FROM THIS WEEKEND COULD BECOME
ACTIVE IN THESE DRIER AND BREEZIER CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES TO
REMAIN NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. DF

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST WITH A DRY
SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA. THIS WILL HELP
MAINTAIN BREEZY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDS WITH HIGHS WITHIN A
FEW DEGREES OF NORMAL.

FOR THURSDAY A WAVE PASSES ALONG THE SOUTHERN OREGON BORDER WITH A
BIT OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. THIS COULD ACTIVATE THE
LASSEN-WASHOE CONVERGENCE ZONE SO HAVE ADDED 15% CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A SUSANVILLE-GERLACH
LINE.

FOR FRIDAY THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TROUGH DIGS OFF THE CALIFORNIA
COAST, THEN SLOWLY MOVES INLAND FOR THE WEEKEND.  GOOD CONFIDENCE
HERE IN 30-40 MPH GUSTS OVER THE WEEKEND.  WINDS COULD BE STRONGEST
ON SUNDAY AS THE JET PASSES OVER THE RENO-TAHOE AREA.  MOST OF THE
MOISTURE FROM THIS TROUGH REMAINS OVER NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA AND
SOUTHWEST OREGON, BUT IF THE TROUGH WERE TO SHIFT FARTHER INLAND
THERE COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS FOR LASSEN AND PLUMAS COUNTIES.  BRONG

&&

.AVIATION...

LOW OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL TRACK ACROSS THE SIERRA AND
WESTERN NEVADA TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING BY
LATE MORNING.  MAIN THREATS FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IS MVFR
CONDITIONS DUE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN, SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 45 KTS.

BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF
KTRK-KLOL AND SOUTH OF KTVL-KNFL. THOUGH  A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS
WILL DEVELOP TODAY NEAR RENO-CARSON WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY IN PLACE.

CONDITIONS WILL DRY OUT TONIGHT WITH AN INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.  PEAK AFTERNOON GUSTS COULD
APPROACH FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA TERMINALS.  BRONG

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH WETTING RAINS TODAY.
* 30-40 MPH GUSTS AND LOW HUMIDITY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

LOW WILL PASS NORTH ACROSS THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA TODAY WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING BY LATE MORNING.  YESTERDAY'S
SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE RAISED HUMIDITY ABOUT 30% HIGHER THAN 24
HOURS AGO, THIS WILL HELP INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE RAIN CORES AND
GREATLY DECREASE THE NUMBER OF DRY STRIKES. THERE IS A BIT OF DRY
AIR PUSHING NORTH INTO AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 95, BUT AS THE LOW
MOVES INTO CENTRAL NEVADA HUMIDITY SHOULD RISE QUICKLY THIS
AFTERNOON. STRONG OUTFLOWS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY BUT SHOULD REMAIN
BELOW 50 MPH.

NEXT CONCERN IS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.  A TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND WILL PRODUCE A DRY AND STABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW
OVER THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA.  THIS WILL INCREASE SURFACE
GUSTS TO 30-40 MPH WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY NEAR AND BELOW 15%. BRONG

&&

.REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...CA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING CAZ271-272.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO (ALL LOWER CASE)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
622 AM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-111200-
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
622 AM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA...
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION AGAIN TODAY. WIND GUSTS FROM THE STRONGER STORMS COULD
REACH 50 MPH...WHICH MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ACROSS THE
DESERTS...AND DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.
HIKERS...CAMPERS AND THOSE IN THE BACK COUNTRY SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SHELTER FROM THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY INTO THE
WEEKEND AS ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE WEST
COAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

O'HARA

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://FORECAST.WEATHER.GOV/HAZARDS/REV  (ALL LOWER CASE)

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1139 AM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

NVZ003-004-101915-
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE
INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
1139 AM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON HIGHWAY 477 BETWEEN WADSWORTH AND NIXON...

AT 1135 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FERNLEY MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...MODERATE RAIN...SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL...AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 447 BETWEEN WADSWORTH
AND NIXON. DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT STRONG GUSTY CROSS WINDS...WITH
RAPID VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN PONDING
OF WATER. SLOW DOWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAIN AND TURN ON YOUR
HEADLIGHTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3982 11938 3973 11919 3959 11938 3962 11949
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 206DEG 6KT 3967 11934

EKL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1204 PM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

NVZ002-003-101930-
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
1204 PM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER VIRGINIA
CITY AND PLEASANT VALLEY...

AT NOON PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
PLEASANT VALLEY TO 5 MILES EAST OF VIRGINIA CITY MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR...SMALL PEA SIZE
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...VIRGINIA CITY...DAMONTE RANCH...
  PLEASANT VALLEY...GALENA AND NV 341 AT WASHOE-STOREY CO LINE.

* THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 580 AND HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN
  SOUTH RENO AND WASHOE CITY.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS. IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...MINOR ROCK SLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.

&&

LAT...LON 3944 11975 3935 11949 3929 11960 3936 11987
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 226DEG 2KT 3938 11977 3932 11955

MYRICK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1225 PM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

NVZ004-102000-
WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
1225 PM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR SILVER SPRINGS AND
STAGECOACH...

AT 1218 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SILVER SPRINGS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...FORT CHURCHILL STATION...SILVER
  SPRINGS...STAGECOACH AND SILVER SPRINGS AIRPORT.

* THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAYS 50 AND ALTERNATE
  95 IN NORTHERN LYON COUNTY.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS. IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...MINOR ROCK SLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.

&&

LAT...LON 3955 11932 3950 11912 3927 11921 3934 11942
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 204DEG 10KT 3939 11927

MYRICK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1243 PM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

NVZ003-102030-
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
1243 PM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SPARKS NEVADA...

AT 1240 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPARKS NEVADA...OR 10 MILES EAST
OF RENO. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...SPANISH SPRINGS...SPARKS...SUN VALLEY
  AND WINGFIELD SPRINGS.

* THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 80 IN NEVADA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
  14 AND 19.

DURING A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HIKERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A
VEHICLE IF POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3964 11980 3964 11964 3952 11964 3952 11979
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 180DEG 0KT 3957 11954

HOON