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Special Weather Statement, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 9:06 PM PDT for Lyon County, Nevada. It was in force for 54 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, 9:06 PM PDT (04:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 10:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
County Lyon County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
650 WWUS85 KREV 030406 SPSREV Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Reno NV 906 PM PDT Mon Aug 2 2021 NVZ001-004-030500- Western Nevada Basin and Range including Pyramid Lake NV- Mineral and Southern Lyon Counties NV- 906 PM PDT Mon Aug 2 2021 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTH NEAR SCHURZ... At 904 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17 miles north of Walker Lake, or 36 miles south of Fallon, moving north at 10 mph. Nickel size hail, wind gusts up to 50 mph, heavy rain, and localized flooding will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Schurz, Us 95 At Lyon-Churchill Co Line, Us 95 At Mineral-Lyon Co Line and Alt U.S 95 At Lyon-Mineral Co Line. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Be aware of your surroundings at night and do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3888 11866 3885 11892 3918 11906 3923 11866 TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 171DEG 10KT 3894 11880 $$ 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, 8:20 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Mineral | 55 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.