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Special Weather Statement, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2013, 2:56 PM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 8, 2013, 2:56 PM PDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 3:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
County Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 3360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 9:20 AM PDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 9:20 AM PDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 5:45 AM PDT, 9 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 545 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-090100- 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- 545 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA... NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH STORMS EXPECTED TO BE STRONGER AND POSSIBLY SEVERE. HAIL...WIND GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. BLOWING DUST IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE BASIN AND RANGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STORMS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MAINLY IN AREAS NORTH OF I-80 WITH THE REGION GRADUALLY DRYING OUT OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RETREATS NORTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REMAIN ALERT AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://FORECAST.WEATHER.GOV/HAZARDS/REV (ALL LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 9:48 AM PDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
948 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013
CAZ070-071-NVZ004-005-081800-
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-NORTHERN WASHOE
COUNTY-SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE
INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
948 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013
...THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LASSEN AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTIES...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE SURPRISE VALLEY...EASTERN
LASSEN AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTIES THIS MORNING. THE STORMS ARE
MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
TODAY WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...MODERATE RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50
MPH...ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS MAY GENERATE AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 3 MILES. A REMOTE OBSERVATION
SITE IN NORTHEAST LASSEN COUNTY RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 47
MPH.
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 1100 AM PDT INCLUDE...CEDARVILLE...SMOKE
CREEK DESERT...HIGHWAY 395 NORTH OF DOYLE.
DURING A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE OR
VEHICLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD REDUCE SPEED DURING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE
PREPARED FOR ERRATIC WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.
&&
LAT...LON 4030 11943 4015 12036 4119 12078 4120 12008
4148 12021 4159 12020 4163 12024 4170 12024
4174 12020 4187 12021 4198 12011 4201 12002
4201 11940
TIME...MOT...LOC 1639Z 161DEG 25KT 4085 12026
BRONGSpecial weather statement, Aug 8, 2:56 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 256 PM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 CAZ070-NVZ005-082230- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA- 256 PM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST OF GERLACH... AT 249 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GERLACH...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 330 PM PDT INCLUDE...FOX MOUNTAIN AND HIGHWAY 447 BETWEEN GERLACH AND EAGLEVILLE. 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 4130 12008 4148 11963 4097 11934 4085 11969 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 152DEG 16KT 4105 11963 TOLBY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 9:48 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Washoe | 72 min |
| Aug 8, 3:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Pershing | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 3:22 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Washoe | 53 min |
| Aug 8, 3:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Pershing | 53 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Nevada, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013
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.