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Special Weather Statement, NWS Reno, NV

August 2, 2021Mineral County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 8:20 PM PDT for Mineral County, Nevada. It was in force for 55 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: Aug 2, 2021, 8:20 PM PDT (03:20 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2021, 9:15 PM PDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV

County Mineral County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

308 
WWUS85 KREV 030320
SPSREV

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Reno NV
820 PM PDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
NVZ001-030415-
Mineral and Southern Lyon Counties NV-
820 PM PDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST OVER CENTRAL MINERAL AND SOUTHERN 
LYON COUNTIES...

At 817 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms near 
Table Mountain, Hawthorne, and Walker Lake, moving north at 10 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph, nickel size hail, heavy rain, and localized 
flooding will be continue to be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Hawthorne, Walker Lake, Mount Grant, Indian Head Peak, Pine Grove,
Excelsior Mountain, Hawthorne Industrial Airport, Fletcher, Bald
Mountain and Schurz.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead to 
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe 
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3814 11833 3814 11876 3843 11915 3893 11912
      3891 11818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 199DEG 7KT 3837 11863 

$$

CJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 6:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Lyon, Mineral	55 min
Aug 2, 6:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Churchill	60 min
Aug 2, 7:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Mineral	54 min
Aug 2, 7:27 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Churchill	2 hr
Aug 2, 7:35 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Mineral	115 min
Aug 2, 9:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Lyon	54 min
Aug 2, 10:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Lyon	56 min
Aug 3, 2:48 AM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	REV	Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more	25 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.