Nevada, 2002

Hail in Nevada, July 17, 2002

July 17, 2002 · NWS REV · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

near the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe. Glenbrook Fire Dept.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.

A severe thunderstorm moved over Douglas and Washoe Co.near the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe. Glenbrook Fire Dept. reported 1 inch hail at 1:43 pm PDT and about 20 minutes later, spotters in Incline Village, NV reported 1 inch hail.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 17, 8:45 AM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 8:45 AM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
945 AM PDT WED JUL 17 2002

WEAK UPPER LOW AND VORT MAX OFF CENTRAL CA CST NEAR SFO BAY AREA
NOTED ON WATER VAPOR LOOP. THIS FEATURE FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY ENE
NEXT 36 HOURS MOVING OVER WRN NV THU AFTN. MORNING SOUNDING AT REV
A LITTLE MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH PRECIP WATER NEAR THREE QUARTERS
OF AN INCH. TRIGGER TEMP FOR CONVECTION AROUND 81 DEG F AT 17Z WITH
VIS LOOP SHOWING RAPID GROWTH OF CU ALONG MTNS. BEST FOCUSING FOR
STRONGER TSTMS OVER  MINERAL COUNTY WHERE CONVERGENCE/DIVERGENCE
COUPLET FORECAST. WITH 15KT WINDS AT 700 MB CELL MOVEMENT SHOULD
BE FAST ENOUGH KEEP FF POTENTIAL IN MODERATE RANGE. THETA-E RIDGE OVER
E CENTRAL NV WITH NEG THETA-E ADVECTION FROM APPROACHING TROUGH.
MICROBURST POTENTIAL ALSO MODERATE WITH LOWER CCL AND TEMPS DUE TO
INCREASING CLOUDS AND MOISTURE. BETTER POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER AND
WETTER TSTMS ON THURSDAY AS VORT MAX MOVES OVER AREA AND MOISTURE
VALUES UP FROM TODAY CONVECTION. NO UPDATES. CYLKE

.REV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 6:35 AM PST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO, NV
735 AM PDT WED JUL 17 2002

TIME(PDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0143 PM    8 S INCLINE VILLAGE       NV   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY GLENBROOK FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT

0149 PM    8 E BECKWOURTH            CA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   PLUMAS                         REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0205 PM    INCLINE VILLAGE           NV   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   WASHOE                         REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

CJ

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Douglas

When
July 17, 12:30 PM PST to 12:45 PM PST
Where
Douglas County, Glenbrook
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
39.100, -119.950

One inch hail

Hail, Washoe

When
July 17, 1:00 PM PST to 1:15 PM PST
Where
Washoe County, Incline Vlg
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.233, -119.950

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5314700, 5314701.