Alert archive / Nevada / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 2014, 6:23 PM PDT for Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 37 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
- Jul 21, 2014, 6:23 PM PDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2014, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.
757 WFUS55 KREV 220123 TORREV NVC029-031-220200- /O.NEW.KREV.TO.W.0001.140722T0123Z-140722T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 623 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 700 PM PDT * AT 620 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR PATRICK ON INTERSTATE 80...OR 13 MILES EAST OF RENO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...PATRICK. THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 80 IN NEVADA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 29. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3968 11957 3964 11944 3951 11957 3953 11962 TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 203DEG 10KT 3955 11957 $$ HOON
2 follow-up statements
312 WWUS55 KREV 220146 SVSREV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 646 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2014 NVC029-220155- /O.CAN.KREV.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140722T0200Z/ STOREY NV- 646 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL STOREY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3961 11955 3961 11959 3968 11957 3967 11952 TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 203DEG 10KT 3961 11954 $$ NVC031-220200- /O.CON.KREV.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140722T0200Z/ WASHOE NV- 646 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM PDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY... AT 638 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN EAST CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY...OR 10 MILES EAST OF RENO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORM'S PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3961 11955 3961 11959 3968 11957 3967 11952 TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 203DEG 10KT 3961 11954 $$ HOON
479 WWUS55 KREV 220156 SVSREV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 656 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2014 NVC031-220205- /O.EXP.KREV.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140722T0200Z/ WASHOE NV- 656 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM PDT... THE STORMS THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THIS STORM REMAINS SEVERE AS IT MOVES NORTH OF SPANISH SPRINGS THROUGH PALOMINO VALLEY AND TOWARDS PYRAMID LAKE. LAT...LON 3961 11955 3961 11959 3968 11957 3967 11952 TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 203DEG 10KT 3964 11953 $$ 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, 5:50 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Storey, Washoe | 25 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, 6:53 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.