Sierra storm history

A 47-year-old Nevada man died after being struck by lightning while on a jet ski at Stampede Reservoir in Sierra County on Saturday 25 July. His body went underwater near the boat ramp and divers later found his body 20 yards from the shoreline. The lightning also struck the man'…

Flooding from creeks covered the intersection of Highways 49 and 89 in Sierraville on the afternoon of the 9th. Shallow water was photographed up against buildings at the Sierraville Ranger Station on the morning of the 10th. A washout caused the closure of Highway 49 between Sat…

State Route 49 in Sierra County closed due to a rock/mud slide blocking the roadway. The guard rail was damaged.

Rainfall totals at the mesonet station SMDC1 Stampede.

Rice Canyon RAWS reported 0.59 inches of rain.

A CO-OP Observer station(VERC1-Verdi) located 2.0 mi SSE of Dog Valley, CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.00 inches.

A CO-OP Observer station(VERC1-Verdi) located 2.0 mi SSE of Dog Valley, CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 1.23 inches.

Mesonet station (RNYC1- Rice Canyon) located 5.0 mi SSE of Sierravilles, CA, and mesonet station (GW0434 Calpine) located 1.0 mi ESE of Calpine, CA reported 24 hr rainfall storm totals of 0.61 and 1.03 inches respectively.

A mesonet stations ICKC1(SNOTEL) located 3.6 mi N of Independence Lake, CA, RNYC (Rice Canyon) located 5.0 mi SSE of Sierraville, CA, and ICPC1(SNOTEL) located 0.9 mi NE of Independence Lake, CA reported a total rainfall amounts of 1.10 inches, 0.72 inches, and 0.6 inches respect…

Mesonet stations (ICPC1) located 0.9 mi NE of Independence Lake, CA (SNOTEL), and (ICKC1) located 3.6 mi N of Independence Lake, CA (SNOTEL) reported 24hr rainfall storm totals of 1.0 inches and 0.8 inches respectively.

A mesonet station (GW0434-Calpine) located 1.0 mi ESE of Calpine, CA, reported a total rainfall amount of 0.56 inches.

A mesonet station (SNOTEL) located 3.6 mi N of Independence Lake reported a total rainfall amount of 0.90 inches.

The public reported 4.0 mi ENE of Sattley, CA, of flooding along CA-49 from Sierraville, CA, and Loyalton, CA. Most of the flooding is due to the berms blocking the flow of water off the roadway. It was only 1-3 inches deep in most locations.

Mesonet stations SMDC1 Stampede (2.0 ESE of Stampede Reservoir) and DOGC1 Dog Valley (1.0 mi NNW of Dog Valley) reported heavy rainfall amounts of 0.66 and 0.79 inches respectively.

CO-OP Observer station (VERC1) located 2.0 mi W of Verdi, NV (or 2.0 mi SSE of Dog Valley, CA) reported heavy rain amount of 2.07'.

Heavy rain was reported in Sierra County. Reported storm totals reached 6.88 inches near Saddleback to 11.28 inches in Downieville.

California Highway Patrol reported a large boulder in the middle of the westbound lane of US Highway 89.

Several CoCoRahs Observers and Mesonet/ASOS sites reported rainfall amounts ranging from 0.4-1.0 near Independence Lake, 2.0-4.0 in and around Portola, CA, and 4.0-6.0 west of Verdi, NV.

CO-OP observer at Sierraville reported 2.13 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 1 December 0700PST to 2 December 0700PST. Station elevation of 4975 ft MSL.

CoCoRaHS Station CA-SI-2, 1 mile southwest of Sierraville reported 0.77 inches of rainfall over a 24 hour period from 15 May 0500PST to 16 May 0500PST.

CoCoRaHS Station CA-SI-2, 1 mile southwest of Sierraville reported 0.75 inches of rainfall over a 24 hour period from 27 March 0600PST to 28 March 0600PST.

CoCoRaHS station CA-SI-2 1 mile southwest of Sierraville reported 2.95 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 16 January 0700PST to 17 January 0700PST.

CO-OP Observer SERC1 at the Sierraville Ranger Station reported 0.83 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 December 0600PST to 25 December 0600PST. Elevation 4975 feet MSL.

Mesonet station STPC1 1-mile east-southeast of Stampede Reservoir reported 1.13 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 December 0700PST to 25 December 0700PST. Mesonet elevation 5735 feet MSL.

CoCoRaHS station CA-SI-2, 1 mile southwest of Sierraville, reported 1.04 inches of rainfall from 21 November 0800PST to 22 November 0700PST.

Mesonet station RNYC1, 4 miles south-southeast of Sierraville (elevation 6943 feet) reported 1 inch of rainfall in a 26-hour period from 3 October 1130PST to 4 October 1330PST.

CO-OP Observer station SERC1, Sierraville Ranger Station, reported 0.64 inches of rainfall in a 6-hour period from 23 July 1100PST to 1700PST.

Mesonet station D9436, 1 mile southwest of Sierraville (elevation 5100 feet) reported 1.13 inches of rainfall in a 1 hour and 45 minute period from 23 July 1314PST to 1459PST.

Mesonet ICKC1, 3 miles north-northeast of Independence Lake (elevation 6435 feet) reported 0.60 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 13 July 2000PST to 14 July 2000PST.

Mesonet station D9436, 1 mile southwest of Sierraville (elevation 5100 feet) reported 1.52 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 May 0920PST to 25 May 0920PST.

Mesonet station TT142, 6 miles north-northwest of Stampede Reservoir (elevation 6260 feet) reported 1.14 inches of rainfall from 16 May 0635PST to 17 May 0435PST.

COOP observer station SERC1, Sierraville Ranger Station reported 0.53 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 16 May 0700PST to 17 May 0700PST.

Mesonet station DOGC1, Dog Valley (elevation 5976 feet) reported 0.90 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0649PST to 7 April 0649PST.

Mesonet station D9436, 1 mile southwest of Sierraville (elevation 5100 feet) reported 1.75 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0711PST to 7 April 0711PST.

COOP observer station SERC1, Sierraville Ranger Station reported 1.29 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0700PST to 7 April 0700PST.

Mesonet station DOGC1, Dog Valley, reported a storm total rainfall of 3.41 inches from 20 March 0649PST to 23 March 0649PST.

Mesonet station RNYC1, 4 miles south-southeast of Sierraville reported 1.87 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0630PST to 23 March 0630PST.

Mesonet station SMDC1, 2 miles east of Stampede Reservoir reported 1.48 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0633PST to 23 March 0633PST.

Trained weather spotter 1 mile south of Sattley reported 5.80 inches of rainfall from 20 March 1630PST to 22 March 1630PST. Before the 48-hour period, there was a foot of snow on the ground, which almost completely melted.

Mesonet station STPC1, 1 mile east-southeast of Stampede Reservoir reported 0.56 inches of rain from 13 March 0400PST to 14 March 0500PST.

CO-OP observer station SERC1, Sierraville Ranger Station reported 0.57 inches of rain from 13 March 0400PST to 14 March 0500PST.

CoCoRaHS observer reported 4.59 inches of rain from 15 November 0700PST to 16 November 0700PST.

A training thunderstorm caused flash flooding and a debris flow on the westbound side of Interstate-80 near Farad, CA, which closed the interstate from approximately 1745'1920PST. This area was associated with steep terrain and the burn scar from the Farad Fire. No damage estimat…

Hail size was estimated by spotter.

Nickel-size hail was reported 2 miles south of Sierraville.

A trained weather spotter 4 miles WNW of Sierraville reported extremely heavy rainfall with 0.20 inch of rainfall occurring in only 2 minutes.

A total of 4.88 inches of rain fell 4 miles WNW of Sierraville.

Debris in streams caused water to back up and caused flooding in portions of eastern Sierra County. Several buildings experienced flooding, including the U.S. Forest Service office in Sierraville. California Highway 89 was closed across Sierra County from the Nevada County line t…