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WWUS85 KREV 032256
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
356 PM PDT SUN MAY 3 2026
NVZ003>005-040000-
WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE NV-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY NV-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA NV-
356 PM PDT SUN MAY 3 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN WASHOE COUNTY THROUGH
500 PM PDT...
AT 354 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OUTFLOW NEAR NIXON, OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PYRAMID LAKE, MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. STRONG WIND GUSTS EXPECTED TO IMPACT
BOATERS ALONG PYRAMID LAKE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PYRAMID LAKE, SUTCLIFFE, NIXON, THE NEEDLE ROCKS, AND TOHAKUM PEAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 3986 11930 3979 11951 4020 11985 4025 11946
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 142DEG 12KT 3984 11944
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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