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Dust Storm Warning 3, NWS Reno, NV

June 29, 2021Churchill County, Pershing County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this dust storm warning at Jun 29, 2021, 8:57 PM PDT for Churchill County, Pershing County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 29, 2021, 8:57 PM PDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2021, 11:41 PM PDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Churchill County, NV, Pershing County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

767 
WWUS55 KREV 300359
DSWREV

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Reno NV
857 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

NVC001-027-300700-
/O.NEW.KREV.DS.W.0003.210630T0357Z-210630T0700Z/
Churchill NV-Pershing NV-
857 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a

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

* Until midnight PDT.

* At 857 PM PDT, a wall of dust was along a line extending from 11
  miles northwest of Trinity Junction to 34 miles southeast of
  Unionville, moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong wind in 
           excess of 50 mph.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.

* Visibility is less than one quarter mile in Lovelock. Dangerous 
  travel conditions exist along Interstate 80 east of Fernley to 
  Winnemucca and along US-95 north of Fallon. Travel is highly 
  discouraged at this time.

Locations impacted include...
Lovelock, Oreana, Imlay, Unionville, Trinity Junction, Junction I 80
And Nv 396/857 (exit 112), Seven Troughs Mountain, Rye Patch
Reservoir, Junction I 80 And U.S 95 (exit 83), Star Peak, Mount
Tobin, Trinity Peak, Rye Patch Reservoir Campground, Organ Peak,
Hyder Hot Springs, Juniper Mountain, Old Razorback Mountain, Desert
Peak, Dry Mountain and Majuba 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.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION! DELAY TRAVEL! Dust storms
result in massive and deadly accidents.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 11754 3992 11747 3987 11746 3981 11749
      3978 11913 4096 11926 4096 11879 4085 11878
      4086 11765 4068 11764 4068 11730 4052 11730
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 188DEG 25KT 4007 11889 4016 11758 

$$

AH

1 follow-up statement

579 
WWUS55 KREV 300644
DSWREV

Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Reno NV
1141 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

NVC001-027-300651-
/O.CAN.KREV.DS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210630T0700Z/
Churchill NV-Pershing NV-
1141 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...THE DUST STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHURCHILL AND PERSHING
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The dust storm which prompted the warning has weakened. Areas of 
blowing dust may continue to reduce visibilities down to 1 mile, 
however conditions look to improve. Therefore, the dust storm 
warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4000 11754 3992 11747 3987 11746 3981 11749
      3978 11913 4096 11926 4096 11879 4085 11878
      4086 11765 4068 11764 4068 11730 4052 11730
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 188DEG 25KT 4119 11869 4128 11736 

$$

JOHNSTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 6:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Storey	117 min
Jun 29, 7:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Storey	3 hr
Jun 29, 8:09 PM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	REV	Churchill, Pershing	2 hr
Jun 30, 3:10 AM PDT	Heat Advisory	REV	Churchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe	17 hr
Jun 30, 1:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Storey	111 min
Jun 30, 2:36 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Lyon	114 min
Jun 30, 2:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	42 min
Jun 30, 3:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		48 min
Jun 30, 3:51 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Washoe	4 hr
Jun 30, 4:47 PM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	REV	Churchill, Pershing, Washoe	118 min
Jun 30, 4:58 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Douglas, Lyon	112 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.