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Special Weather Statement, NWS Reno, NV

July 19, 2014

NWS Reno, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2014, 3:49 PM PDT. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2014, 3:49 PM PDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2014, 4:45 PM PDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

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The text

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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 Jul 19, 2:01 PM PDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:01 PM PDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 2:51 PM PDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
251 PM PDT SAT JUL 19 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0251 PM     HAIL             2 W BLAIRSDEN           39.78N 120.65W
07/19/2014  M0.25 INCH       PLUMAS             CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY
            RAINFALL.

&&

MCGUIRE

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:56 PM PDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:59 PM PDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
259 PM PDT SAT JUL 19 2014

CAZ071-192300-
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-
259 PM PDT SAT JUL 19 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE DAVIS...

AT 255 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE DAVIS...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
BLAIRSDEN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...MODERATE RAIN...PEA TO PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 400 PM PDT INCLUDE...LAKE DAVIS...
  GRASSHOPPER FLAT CAMPGROUND...GRIZZLY CAMPGROUND AND LIGHTNING TREE
  CAMPGROUND.

IF ON OR NEAR A LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LIGHTNING POSE AN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO BOATERS.
GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE A RAPID INCREASE IN WAVE HEIGHTS WHICH MAY
CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS.

&&

LAT...LON 4003 12065 4001 12044 3984 12044 3987 12066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 184DEG 3KT 3994 12055

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:37 PM PDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 3:47 PM PDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
347 PM PDT SAT JUL 19 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0347 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 ENE PLEASANT VALLEY   39.36N 119.75W
07/19/2014  M0.50 INCH       WASHOE             NV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 0.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL
            IN 30 MINUTES NEAR STEAMBOAT CREEK.

&&

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:49 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
349 PM PDT SAT JUL 19 2014

NVZ002-003-192345-
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
349 PM PDT SAT JUL 19 2014

...STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING NEAR PLEASANT VALLEY...

AT 345 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW WASHOE CITY...OR 5 MILES WEST OF
VIRGINIA CITY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS NEAR ONE INCH PER
HOUR...SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...WILL OCCUR
WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 445 PM PDT INCLUDE...GOLD HILL...
  LAKEVIEW...VIRGINIA CITY...NEW WASHOE CITY...WASHOE CITY AND
  PLEASANT VALLEY.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 580 AND OLD 395. 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 3917 11960 3918 11989 3941 11984 3939 11960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 004DEG 3KT 3931 11973

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 5:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		58 min
Jul 18, 5:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		55 min
Jul 18, 6:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Lyon	41 min
Jul 18, 6:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Mineral	56 min
Jul 18, 7:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Mineral	60 min
Jul 18, 7:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Washoe	50 min
Jul 19, 3:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		53 min
Jul 19, 4:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		63 min
Jul 19, 4:57 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Douglas, Lyon, Washoe	31 min
Jul 18, 5:59 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Lassen, Plumas	61 min
Jul 18, 7:10 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Lassen, Plumas	3 hr
Jul 19, 2:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Sierra	46 min
Jul 19, 2:45 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Plumas, Sierra	45 min
Jul 19, 2:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Sierra	34 min
Jul 19, 2:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Plumas	61 min
Jul 19, 3:06 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Plumas	39 min
Jul 19, 3:49 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Nevada, Sierra	3 hr
Jul 19, 4:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Alpine	62 min
Jul 19, 4:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Sierra	59 min
Jul 19, 4:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Plumas	96 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.