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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Reno, NV

June 25, 2017Washoe County, Nevada; Lassen County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2017, 4:30 PM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada; Lassen County, California. It was in force for 45 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 25, 2017, 4:30 PM PDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2017, 5:15 PM PDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lassen County, CA, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 341 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: 2576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

403 
WUUS55 KREV 252330
SVRREV
CAC035-NVC031-260015-
/O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0003.170625T2330Z-170626T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Reno NV
430 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Lassen County in northern California...
  Central Washoe County in western Nevada...

* Until 515 PM PDT

* At 430 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Herlong,
  moving east at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, fencing, and trees. Dust storms 
           resulting in serious accidents. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Doyle, Herlong and State Line Peak. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3999 12013 4016 12024 4028 11997 4004 11988
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 250DEG 7KT 4011 12005 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JW

2 follow-up statements

747 
WWUS55 KREV 252350
SVSREV

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Reno NV
450 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

CAC035-NVC031-260015-
/O.CON.KREV.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170626T0015Z/
Lassen CA-Washoe NV-
450 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LASSEN AND CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTIES...

At 449 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Herlong, moving
east at 5 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, fencing, and trees. Dust storms resulting in 
         serious accidents. 

Locations impacted include...
Herlong and State Line Peak. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3999 12013 4016 12024 4028 11997 4004 11988
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 250DEG 7KT 4012 12000 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JW

604 
WWUS55 KREV 260006
SVSREV

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Reno NV
506 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

CAC035-NVC031-260015-
/O.EXP.KREV.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170626T0015Z/
Lassen CA-Washoe NV-
506 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LASSEN AND
CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM PDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits, and is exiting the warned area. Therefore, the warning will 
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3999 12013 4016 12024 4028 11997 4004 11988
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 250DEG 7KT 4013 11998 

$$

JW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 9:26 AM PDT	Red Flag Warning	REV	Washoe	38 hr
Jun 25, 11:23 AM PDT	Lake Wind Advisory	REV	Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Washoe	36 hr
Jun 24, 5:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Alpine	32 min
Jun 25, 2:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Lassen	37 min
Jun 25, 3:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Lassen	43 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.