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Special Weather Statement, NWS Reno, NV

July 1, 2021Douglas County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2021, 6:02 PM PDT for Douglas County, Nevada. It was in force for 28 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, 6:02 PM PDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2021, 6:30 PM PDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

County Douglas County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

619 
WWUS85 KREV 020102
SPSREV

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Reno NV
602 PM PDT Thu Jul 1 2021
 
CAZ072-NVZ003-020130-
Greater Lake Tahoe Area CA-Greater Reno-Carson City-Minden Area NV-
602 PM PDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...Thunderstorms South of Gardnerville...

At 559 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking two strong thunderstorms 
near Gardnerville Ranchos.

Hail up to one inch in diameter and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be 
possible with this storm. Drivers on Highway 395 and Route 88 south 
of Gardnerville will see ponding and hail on the roadways.

Locations impacted include...
Gardnerville Ranchos, Mesa Vista, Junction U.S 395 And NV 756,
Junction Nv 88 And Nv 206, Gardnerville Ranch and Junction CA 88 And
NV 88.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm. Expect ponding of water
on roadways. In areas of steep terrain, minor rock slides are
possible. Drivers should slow down and turn on their headlights if
encountering heavy rains.

&&

LAT...LON 3890 11955 3876 11965 3885 11987 3892 11975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 119DEG 6KT 3886 11970 

$$

JM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 5:17 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Douglas	3 hr
Jul 1, 6:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Churchill	92 min
Jul 1, 7:24 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Lyon	111 min
Jul 1, 7:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	57 min
Jul 1, 7:58 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Lyon	47 min
Jul 2, 11:13 AM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	REV	Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Storey, Washoe	14 hr
Jul 1, 5:26 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Alpine	2 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.