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WWUS85 KREV 260127
SPSREV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
627 PM PDT FRI JUL 25 2025
NVZ003-004-260200-
WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE NV-
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA NV-
627 PM PDT FRI JUL 25 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN WASHOE COUNTY THROUGH
700 PM PDT...
AT 627 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PYRAMID LAKE TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SUTCLIFFE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PYRAMID LAKE, NIXON, SUTCLIFFE, AND THE NEEDLE ROCKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
IF ON OR NEAR PYRAMID LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3988 11968 3974 11920 4013 11945 4024 11971
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 335DEG 9KT 4006 11961 4001 11946
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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