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Special Weather Statement, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 10:04 PM PDT for Lyon County, Nevada. It was in force for 56 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, 10:04 PM PDT (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
County Lyon County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.
260 WWUS85 KREV 030504 SPSREV Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Reno NV 1004 PM PDT Mon Aug 2 2021 NVZ001-004-030600- Western Nevada Basin and Range including Pyramid Lake NV- Mineral and Southern Lyon Counties NV- 1004 PM PDT Mon Aug 2 2021 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER SOUTHWESTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY... At 1000 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19 miles east of Wabuska, or 21 miles south of Fallon, moving north at 20 mph. Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Heavy rainfall and localized flooding are also possible. Locations impacted include... Fallon, Junction U.S 50 And NV 116 (Stuart Rd), Us 95 At Lyon-Churchill Co Line, Junction U.S 95 And NV 120 (Pasture Rd), Us 95 At Mineral-Lyon Co Line, Junction U.S 50 And NV 117 (sheckler Cutoff) and Fallon Station. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. 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 3907 11862 3908 11898 3951 11900 3948 11853 TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 185DEG 16KT 3916 11882 $$ 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, 9:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Lyon | 54 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.