1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 16, 1:39 PM PST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 239 PM PDT TUE AUG 16 2005 .SHORT TERM... DEFORMATION AXIS WITH CENTRAL NEVADA UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SLOWLY PULL SOUTH AND EAST THIS AFTERNOON...AND EXTENDS FROM GERLACH TO CARSON CITY AND INTO THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN. OVERALL...AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY ARE SEEING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH NORTHERN LASSEN AND WASHOE COUNTIES SEEING ACTIVITY TO THE EAST OF LASSEN PEAK. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE OUT BY MID TO LATE EVENING AS DAYTIME HEATING IS LOST AND THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN NEVADA. WEDNESDAY WILL FEATURE A SOUTHEAST SUPPRESSION OF THUNDERSTORMS AS AN UPPER LOW OFF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST SWINGS INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INCREASES DRY WESTERLY FLOW OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. BY THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES SHOULD EDGE DOWN A FEW DEGREES ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER AS A COOL FRONT NEARS THE OREGON/NEVADA BORDER AND HEIGHTS/THICKNESSES BOTTOM OUT WITH ONE LAST PIECE OF ENERGY SWINGING THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. I HAVE KEPT POPS LINGERING ONE MORE DAY ACROSS EASTERN MONO COUNTY AND MINERAL COUNTY... ALTHOUGH IF CURRENT MODEL TRENDS ARE CORRECT IT MAY JUST WIND UP BEING SOME CUMULUS WITH WESTERLIES INCREASING THERE THURSDAY. FRIDAY LOOKS DRY EVERYWHERE AND A TOUCH WARMER THAN THURSDAY AS A MODEST RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE WEST COAST. SNYDER && .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... CONTINUED DRY IN THE EXTENDED WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER SWRN CONUS FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD. MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND TOWARD DEVELOPING A WEAK LOW ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST ON SUNDAY WHICH COULD KICK OFF CONVECTION SOMEWHERE OVER THE CWA...AND WOULD MOST LIKELY BE DRY LIGHTNING WITH MOISTURE STARVED AIRMASS. WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE MORE DAY OF THIS TREND BEFORE ADDING ANY WEATHER FOR BETTER TIMING AND POSITION OF LOW. TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD MODELS BEGIN TO BRING GULF OF ALASKA TROUGH ONSHORE WITH THE GFS BRINGING IT IN STRONGER AND FASTER. KEPT TEMPS ABOVE MOS FOR NOW AS THIS BREAK DOWN OF THE RIDGE SEEMS A LITTLE TOO AGGRESSIVE. JORDAN && .AVIATION... PRIMARILY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED BUT THERE WILL BE LCL MVFR VSBYS IN TSRA MAINLY SOUTH OF A KSVE-KWMC LINE. SURFACE OUTFLOW WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 35KT NEAR STORMS. CONVECTION WILL PUSH OFF THE SIERRA CREST AROUND 23Z AND WILL INTENSIFY EAST OF THE CREST THRU 02Z. JORDAN && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...NONE. .CA...NONE.
The Reno radar (KRGX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the roof of a house in Gardnerville, starting a fire in the attic. Lightning also caused power outages in Gardnerville and Minden. Up to 2,100 people were temporarily without power as a result.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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