Heavy Rain — Douglas, Nevada

2022-08-04 · near Centerville, Douglas, Nevada

Event narrative

Trained weather spotter located 3.0 miles WSW of Gardnerville Ranch reported a total rainfall amount of 3.1 inches from 12:00 PM to 17:25 PM LST. Spotter also reported flooding issues along Foothill Road in the area.

Wider weather episode

A deep layer of monsoonal moisture pushed northwest and north into California, Sierra, and western Nevada in a southerly upper flow that marked the western margins of an area of strong high-pressure ridging into the Great Basin region. Thickening mid-level moisture coupled with steep afternoon lapse rates and warmer surface heating initiated deep columns of slow-moving moisture-laden showers and thunderstorms with torrential rains over the 2021 Tamarack burn scar. This resulted in widespread flash flooding and debris flows in Alpine County CA that created a number of impacts. Rainfall rates of 2.22 inches per hour were observed during the peak of the storm in Markleeville, CA which corresponds to at least a 500 year recurrence interval and possibly 1000 year, per NOAA 14 atlas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1051022. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.