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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Reno, NV

July 27, 2025Lyon County, Storey County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2025, 6:40 PM PDT for Lyon County, Storey County, Nevada. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2025, 6:40 PM PDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2025, 7:15 PM PDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:11 PM PDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:22 PM PDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:30 PM PDT, 10 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Reno NV
630 PM PDT Sun Jul 27 2025

NVZ003-004-280200-
Western Nevada Basin and Range including Pyramid Lake NV-
Greater Reno-Carson City-Minden Area NV-
630 PM PDT Sun Jul 27 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT STOREY...SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE
AND CENTRAL LYON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM PDT...

At 630 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Virginia City, moving northwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Virginia City, Dayton, Junction U.S 50 And Six Mile Canyon-Ft
Churchill Rd, Six Mile Canyon, Nv 341 At Washoe-Storey Co Line, Gold
Hill, and Dayton Valley Airpark.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3929 11946 3920 11957 3931 11975 3943 11960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 132DEG 10KT 3929 11961

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 5:22 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Douglas	23 min
Jul 27, 6:15 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Douglas	3 hr
Jul 27, 6:28 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Douglas	3 hr
Jul 27, 6:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	30 min
Jul 27, 7:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	24 min
Jul 27, 7:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	36 min
Jul 27, 7:44 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Washoe	75 min
Jul 27, 7:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	41 min
Jul 27, 7:58 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	REV	Washoe	62 min
Jul 27, 8:07 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Storey, Washoe	38 min
Jul 27, 8:10 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	REV	Washoe	3 hr
Jul 27, 8:48 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	REV	Washoe	8 min
Jul 27, 8:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	33 min
Jul 28, 4:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		32 min
Jul 28, 4:52 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Lyon	23 min
Jul 27, 5:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Sierra	34 min
Jul 28, 4:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Lassen	37 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.