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Dust Storm Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV

June 3, 2021Churchill County, Pershing County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this dust storm warning at Jun 3, 2021, 5:21 PM PDT for Churchill County, Pershing County, Nevada. It was in force for 54 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2021, 5:21 PM PDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2021, 6:15 PM PDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Churchill County, NV, Pershing County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 5:46 PM PDT	TSTM WND GST 52	Miriam, NV
Jun 3, 5:53 PM PDT	TSTM WND GST 52	2 Sse Granite Point, NV	MEASURED AT KLOL DERBY FIELD ASOS
Jun 3, 6:20 PM PDT	TSTM WND GST 58	Toulon, NV

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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: 50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

572 
WWUS55 KREV 040024
DSWREV

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Reno NV
521 PM PDT Thu Jun 3 2021

NVC001-027-040115-
/O.NEW.KREV.DS.W.0002.210604T0021Z-210604T0115Z/
Churchill NV-Pershing NV-
521 PM PDT Thu Jun 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a

* Dust Storm Warning for...
  North central Churchill County in west central Nevada...
  South central Pershing County in west central Nevada...

* Until 615 PM PDT.

* At 521 PM PDT, a dust plume that lofted off of the Carson Sink was 
  7 miles east of Trinity Junction, or 16 miles southwest of 
  Lovelock, moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong wind in 
           excess of 40 mph.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.

* Interstate 80 will be impacted by this swath of dust, severely 
  limiting visibility at times. 

Locations impacted include...
Lovelock, Oreana, Lovelock Derby Field Airport, Junction I 80 And Nv
396/857 (exit 112) and Buffalo Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DUST STORMS ARE DEADLY. Zero visibility. If caught in dust, pull off
the road and turn off all lights. Delay travel if at all possible.

&&

LAT...LON 3988 11857 3990 11871 4042 11866 4032 11809
      4025 11788 3983 11844
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 187DEG 25KT 3996 11862 

$$

MB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 6:09 PM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	REV	Churchill, Pershing	66 min
Jun 4, 1:26 PM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	REV	Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more	22 hr
Jun 4, 1:26 PM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	REV	Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more	22 hr
Jun 4, 1:54 PM PDT	Lake Wind Advisory	REV	Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more	30 hr
Jun 4, 2:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Churchill, Mineral	110 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.