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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Reno, NV

July 29, 2025Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2025, 6:51 PM PDT for Storey County, Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 29, 2025, 6:51 PM PDT (01:51 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2025, 7:15 PM PDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Reno, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 29, 7:00 PM PDT	HAIL 1	7 Sw Lockwood, NV	Trained weather spotter at the intersection of Veterans Pkwy and Piper Peak Lane in Reno reported a few hailstones one inch in diameter.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

101 
WUUS55 KREV 300151
SVRREV
NVC029-031-300215-
/O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0021.250730T0151Z-250730T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Reno NV
651 PM PDT Tue Jul 29 2025

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Storey County in western Nevada...
  Southern Washoe County in western Nevada...

* Until 715 PM PDT.

* At 650 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hidden
  Valley, or 8 miles southeast of Reno, moving north at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotter.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Reno, Sparks, Lockwood, Wingfield Springs, Damonte Ranch, Lemmon
  Valley, Golden Valley, Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Hidden
  Valley, Spanish Springs, Lemmon Valley-Golden Valley, Mustang, Nws
  Reno, Patrick, and Sun Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3938 11958 3939 11982 3965 11988 3965 11945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 183DEG 14KT 3946 11970 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

CJ

2 follow-up statements

309 
WWUS55 KREV 300200
SVSREV

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Reno NV
700 PM PDT Tue Jul 29 2025

NVC029-031-300215-
/O.CON.KREV.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250730T0215Z/
Storey NV-Washoe NV-
700 PM PDT Tue Jul 29 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM PDT
FOR STOREY AND SOUTHERN WASHOE COUNTIES...

At 700 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hidden Valley,
or 7 miles east of Reno, moving north at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Reno, Sparks, Lockwood, Wingfield Springs, Damonte Ranch, Lemmon
Valley, Golden Valley, Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Hidden
Valley, Spanish Springs, Lemmon Valley-Golden Valley, Mustang, Nws
Reno, Patrick, and Sun Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3941 11957 3942 11981 3965 11988 3965 11945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 183DEG 14KT 3950 11970 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

CJ

329 
WWUS55 KREV 300213
SVSREV

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Reno NV
713 PM PDT Tue Jul 29 2025

NVC029-031-300220-
/O.EXP.KREV.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250730T0215Z/
Storey NV-Washoe NV-
713 PM PDT Tue Jul 29 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STOREY AND SOUTHERN WASHOE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM PDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However, small
hail and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3941 11957 3942 11981 3965 11988 3965 11945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 183DEG 14KT 3950 11970 

$$

CJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 6:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Douglas	28 min
Jul 29, 6:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	27 min
Jul 29, 6:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	32 min
Jul 29, 7:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	32 min
Jul 29, 7:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		59 min
Jul 29, 8:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	30 min
Jul 30, 3:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		23 min
Jul 30, 3:31 PM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	REV	Churchill	59 min
Jul 30, 3:38 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	22 min
Jul 30, 3:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	19 min
Jul 30, 3:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		30 min
Jul 30, 4:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	34 min
Jul 30, 4:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV	Storey	31 min
Jul 30, 4:38 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	REV		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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.