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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Reno, NV

July 1, 2021Alpine County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2021, 4:45 PM PDT for Alpine 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
Jul 1, 2021, 4:45 PM PDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 5:30 PM PDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Alpine County, CA

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2021-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2021-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-273 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

755 
WUUS55 KREV 012345
SVRREV
CAC003-020030-
/O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0006.210701T2345Z-210702T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Reno NV
445 PM PDT Thu Jul 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Alpine County in northern California...

* Until 530 PM PDT.

* At 444 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast 
  of Markleeville, or 9 miles west of Topaz Lake, moving south at 5 
  to 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Outflow winds 
           could impact Markleeville. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, fencing and trees. Hail will impact 
           drivers headed up Highways 4 and 89.

* Locations impacted include...
  Markleeville and Junction CA 89 And CA 4. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of 
a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and 
may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through 
flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3853 11979 3858 11985 3859 11986 3871 11980
      3870 11964 3852 11961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 006DEG 5KT 3864 11972 

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

CS
1 follow-up statement
064 
WWUS55 KREV 020023
SVSREV

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Reno NV
523 PM PDT Thu Jul 1 2021

CAC003-020032-
/O.EXP.KREV.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210702T0030Z/
Alpine CA-
523 PM PDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALPINE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM PDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits, however heavy rain continues in the vicinity of the Highway 
4 and 89 junction southeast of Markleeville. Watch for rock slides 
and high flows on creeks.

LAT...LON 3853 11979 3858 11985 3859 11986 3871 11980
      3870 11964 3852 11961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 006DEG 5KT 3859 11973 

$$

CS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 12:00 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementREVAlpine, Mono2 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.