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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2026, 5:04 PM PDT for Churchill County, Lyon County, Nevada. It was in force for 41 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 13, 2026, 5:04 PM PDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2026, 5:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Churchill County, NV, Lyon County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
679 WUUS55 KREV 140004 SVRREV NVC001-019-140045- /O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0021.260814T0004Z-260814T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Reno NV 504 PM PDT Thu Aug 13 2026 The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Churchill County in west central Nevada... Central Lyon County in west central Nevada... * Until 545 PM PDT. * At 504 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fort Churchill Station, or 15 miles east of Virginia City, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Fort Churchill Station and Silver Springs. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3918 11938 3934 11938 3939 11905 3916 11906 TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 271DEG 11KT 3926 11935 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ GG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Storey | 119 min |
| Aug 13, 5:59 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | REV | Washoe | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:20 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Storey | 115 min |
| Aug 14, 4:09 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | REV | Lyon, Storey | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:40 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | REV | Washoe | 2 hr |
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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.