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Special Weather Statement, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2015, 9:44 PM PDT for Storey County, Nevada. It was in force for 46 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 1, 2015, 9:44 PM PDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2015, 10:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
County Storey County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 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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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 1, 8:51 PM PDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 8:51 PM PDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:31 PM PDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 431 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 CAZ071-020015- LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES CA- 431 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING NEAR PORTOLA THROUGH 515 PM... AT 429 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER IRON HORSE...OR NEAR BECKWOURTH...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BECKWOURTH...IRON HORSE...DELLEKER...LAKE DAVIS...GRIZZLY CAMPGROUND...VALLEY RANCH...MOHAWK VISTA...PORTOLA...LIGHTNING TREE CAMPGROUND AND GRASSHOPPER FLAT CAMPGROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN BECKWOURTH AND BLAIRSDEN. DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT STRONG GUSTY CROSS WINDS...WITH RAPID VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER. SLOW DOWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAIN AND TURN ON YOUR HEADLIGHTS. && LAT...LON 3972 12036 3972 12053 3994 12066 3996 12037 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 166DEG 9KT 3976 12045
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:17 PM PDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
617 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015
CAZ071-020200-
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES CA-
617 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE DAVIS TO SOUTHWEST JANESVILLE
THROUGH 7 PM...
AT 615 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ANTELOPE LAKE
TO 9 MILES EAST OF GENESEE TO NEAR LAKE DAVIS...AND MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS ALONG WITH BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANTELOPE LAKE...LONG POINT CAMPGROUND...LONE ROCK CAMPGROUND...
LIGHTNING TREE CAMPGROUND AND BOULDER CREEK CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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 4033 12058 4030 12078 4005 12071 3988 12059
3991 12041 4016 12044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 151DEG 9KT 4014 12061 4008 12057 3997 12055Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:17 PM PDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
617 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015
CAZ071-020200-
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES CA-
617 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE DAVIS TO SOUTHWEST OF JANESVILLE
THROUGH 7 PM...
AT 615 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ANTELOPE LAKE
TO 9 MILES EAST OF GENESEE TO NEAR LAKE DAVIS...AND MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS ALONG WITH BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANTELOPE LAKE...LONG POINT CAMPGROUND...LONE ROCK CAMPGROUND...
LIGHTNING TREE CAMPGROUND AND BOULDER CREEK CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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 4033 12058 4030 12078 4005 12071 3988 12059
3991 12041 4016 12044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 151DEG 9KT 4014 12061 4008 12057 3997 12055Special weather statement, Aug 1, 8:25 PM PDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:00 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Douglas | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 3:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | 35 min | |
| Aug 1, 5:24 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Plumas | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 6:17 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Plumas | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 7:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lassen, Plumas | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 7:24 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | REV | Plumas | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | REV | Lassen, Plumas | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 8:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Plumas | 35 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Nevada, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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.