...AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING...
The National Weather Service in Reno has issued an Airport Weather
Warning for...
Reno-Tahoe International Airport /RNO/.
The following weather hazards are expected:
Wind gusts 40 knots or higher.
Cloud to ground lightning within 10 nm of the airport.
Hail of 1/2 inch or greater.
Torrential rainfall.
LAT...LON 3960 11989 3960 11967 3942 11967 3942 11989
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ALPINE...EL DORADO...PLACER...
SOUTHERN WASHOE...AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES AND WESTERN CARSON CITY
THROUGH 700 PM PDT...
At 615 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Zephyr Cove, or near South Lake Tahoe, moving
north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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...
Carson City, South Lake Tahoe, Kings Beach, Tahoe City, Incline
Village, Dagget Pass, Spooner Summit, Northstar, Glenbrook, Emerald
Bay, Crystal Bay, Zephyr Cove-Round Hill Village, Sugar Pine Point S,
Bliss State Park, Meyers, Kingsbury, Incline Village-Crystal Bay,
Zephyr Cove, Carnelian Bay, and Homewood.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
If on or near Lake Tahoe, 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.
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MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
