1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 21, 2:34 PM PST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 334 PM PDT WED JUL 21 2004 .SHORT TERM... THE PRECIPITATION FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE FOCUSED ON TWO MAIN FACTORS...WEAK FLOW INSTABILITY BUILDING NORTH ALONG THE SIERRA CREST AND A WEAK PACIFIC FRONT EASING INTO OUR NORTHEASTERN AREAS ON THURSDAY. FOR OUR WESTERN ZONES...I BASED THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS OF CONVECTION ON WHAT IS OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON. WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL ALLOW ISOLATED STORMS TO BUILD UP TO TAHOE AND ALONG THE PINE NUT RANGE TO THE EAST OF CARSON CITY THURSDAY...AND THEN PERHAPS UP TO PYRAMID LAKE OR SO FRIDAY. MEANWHILE...THE PACIFIC FRONT OVER OUR NORTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES WILL PROVIDE SOME CONVERGENCE FOR A FEW STORMS WITH STRONG DAYTIME HEATING THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURE WISE...CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE SPREADING WEST INTO THE REGION. AT LEAST THERE IS SOME SLIGHT GOOD NEWS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THAT THE UPPER RIDGE LOOKS CONSIDERABLY LESS POWERFUL THEN IT DID JUST A COUPLE MODEL RUNS AGO...SO INSTEAD OF 101 WE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT 98 FOR RENO. HAIL THE SMALL VICTORIES. SNYDER && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... RIDGE RETROGRADES TO THE ERN PACIFIC THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. SHORTWAVE ENERGY FLATTENS THE RIDGE AS IT BUILDS WEST BRINGER OUR AREA UNDER A COOLER NW FLOW BY MONDAY. MODELS SLIGHTLY DIFFER ON HANDLING SHORTWAVE ENERGY AS IT MOVES DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF THE RIDGE. INTRODUCED SOME CHICKEN POPS OVER NRN AREAS SUN-TUE ASSUMING MODELS CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TROUGHINESS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DURING THAT TIME FRAME. ALSO KEPT SLIGHT CHANCES OVER THE FAVORABLE SRN CONVERGENCE ZONE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS MOISTURE/INSTABILITY LINGERS. TEMPS COOL A LITTLE UNDER NW FLOW BUT REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED. JORDAN && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. CA...NONE. &&
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
339 PM PDT WED JUL 21 2004
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0304 PM HAIL WOODFORDS 38.78N 119.82W
07/21/2004 0.75 INCH ALPINE CA TRAINED SPOTTER
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BFOThe Reno radar (KRGX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:16 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Golfball-sized hail was reported in Palomino Valley, north of Reno.
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