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Special Weather Statement, NWS Reno, NV

June 5, 2015Storey County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2015, 1:11 PM PDT for Storey County, Nevada. It was in force for 49 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: Jun 5, 2015, 1:11 PM PDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

County Storey County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 5, 3:07 AM PDT, 10 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:07 AM PDT, 10 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:50 AM PDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:09 PM PDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1209 PM PDT FRI JUN 5 2015

CAZ073-052015-
MONO CA-
1209 PM PDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...HEAVY RAIN NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF BRIDGEPORT...

AT 1207 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR BRIDGEPORT. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRIDGEPORT...BRIDGEPORT-BRYANT FIELD AIRPORT AND JUNCTION U.S 395 AND
CA 270 (BODIE RD).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS INCLUDING U.S. 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 3833 11915 3817 11905 3811 11923 3830 11931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 063DEG 1KT 3822 11919

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:33 PM PDT, 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1233 PM PDT FRI JUN 5 2015

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-060000-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...
FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE...
LOYALTON...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...TRUCKEE...
MARKLEEVILLE...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS...VERDI...
GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...
SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY...EMPIRE...GERLACH
1233 PM PDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS
AFTERNOON...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING IN THE SIERRA
AND CENTRAL NEVADA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE
PRIMARY THREATS WITH THE STORMS WILL BE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL
CAUSING PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND SMALL ROCK SLIDES. OTHER THREATS
INCLUDE SMALL HAIL WHICH MAY ACCUMULATE ON HIGHER ELEVATION ROADS
AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:11 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
111 PM PDT FRI JUN 5 2015

CAZ071-NVZ003-052100-
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES CA-GREATER RENO-
CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA NV-
111 PM PDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF STEAD APPROACHING COLD SPRINGS
VALLEY...

AT 106 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
COLD SPRINGS VALLEY...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RENO...MOVING WEST AT
10 MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS
TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RENO...STAMPEDE RESERVOIR...DOG VALLEY...GOLDEN VALLEY...LEMMON
VALLEY-GOLDEN VALLEY...LEMMON VALLEY...COLD SPRINGS VALLEY...STEAD...
VERDI-MOGUL...STEAD AIRPORT...US 395 AT CALIF-NEVADA LINE NEAR
BORDERTOWN AND SUN VALLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3978 11986 3961 11978 3947 12014 3970 12017
      3971 12000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 072DEG 9KT 3967 11992

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 6:22 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Churchill	53 min
Jun 5, 1:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Pershing	58 min
Jun 5, 2:07 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Mineral	38 min
Jun 5, 2:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Pershing	55 min
Jun 5, 3:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Mineral	57 min
Jun 5, 3:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		81 min
Jun 5, 3:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Mineral	46 min
Jun 5, 4:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Mineral	45 min
Jun 5, 4:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Pershing	55 min
Jun 5, 4:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	37 min
Jun 5, 4:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Lyon	31 min
Jun 5, 4:41 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Pershing	34 min
Jun 5, 4:52 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	REV	Churchill, Lyon, Washoe	113 min
Jun 5, 12:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Mono	66 min
Jun 5, 4:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Alpine	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.