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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV

May 15, 2021Churchill County, Nevada

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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
 
$$

TF
1 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 

$$

TF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:24 AM PDTLake Wind AdvisoryREVChurchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe13 hr

Nearby

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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.