Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2014, 5:50 PM PDT for Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 25 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
- Jul 21, 2014, 5:50 PM PDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2014, 6:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:01 PM PDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Lockwood, NV | PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD AND ROTATING WALL CLOUD. |
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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
341 WUUS55 KREV 220050 SVRREV NVC029-031-220115- /O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0021.140722T0050Z-140722T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 550 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 615 PM PDT * AT 545 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 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOCKWOOD...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF VIRGINIA CITY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...LOCKWOOD...PATRICK...SPANISH SPRINGS...WINGFIELD SPRINGS AND TAHOE-RENO INDUSTRIAL CENTER. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 80 IN NEVADA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 32. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 3967 11975 3969 11945 3937 11952 3936 11964 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 172DEG 18KT 3944 11959 $$ HOON
1 follow-up statement
233 WWUS55 KREV 220101 SVSREV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 601 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2014 NVC029-031-220115- /O.CON.KREV.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140722T0115Z/ STOREY NV-WASHOE NV- 601 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM PDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE AND WESTERN STOREY COUNTIES... AT 554 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MUSTANG...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF VIRGINIA CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...LOCKWOOD...MUSTANG...PATRICK...SPANISH SPRINGS...WINGFIELD SPRINGS AND TAHOE-RENO INDUSTRIAL CENTER. * THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 80 IN NEVADA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 32. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3967 11975 3969 11945 3937 11952 3936 11964 TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 172DEG 18KT 3949 11960 $$ HOON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 5:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 5:27 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Storey | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 5:36 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Mineral | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 5:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Lyon | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 6:13 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Storey, Washoe | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 6:23 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | REV | Storey, Washoe | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 6:53 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Washoe | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 7:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Washoe | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 10:51 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Pershing | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 3:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lyon, Storey | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 3:58 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | 62 min | |
| Jul 22, 4:20 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | REV | Washoe | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.