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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 1:26 PM PDT for Churchill County, Nevada. It was in force for 34 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
- May 15, 2021, 1:26 PM PDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2021, 2:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Churchill County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
245
WUUS55 KREV 152026
SVRREV
NVC001-152100-
/O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0001.210515T2026Z-210515T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Reno NV
126 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Churchill County in west central Nevada...
* Until 200 PM PDT.
* At 124 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Middlegate,
or 30 miles north of Gabbs, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Motorists on Highway
50 near Middlegate could encounter large hail, blinding
downpours, and frequent lightning.
* Locations impacted include...
Middlegate, Junction U.S 50 And Nv 121 (Dixie Valley Rd), Junction
U.S 50 And NV 722 and Fairview Peak.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3939 11788 3916 11808 3925 11820 3948 11808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 180DEG 0KT 3929 11810
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TF1 follow-up statement
888
WWUS55 KREV 152052
SVSREV
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Reno NV
152 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021
NVC001-152101-
/O.EXP.KREV.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210515T2100Z/
Churchill NV-
152 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHURCHILL COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM PDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire as scheduled.
LAT...LON 3939 11788 3916 11808 3925 11820 3948 11808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 180DEG 0KT 3929 11810
$$
TFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:24 AM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Churchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe | 13 hr |
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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.