Flash Flood in Elko County, Nevada

Flash Flood July 19, 2023 – July 20, 2023 · Elko County, Nevada

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lamoille Canyon Road (Forest Service Road 660) on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest's Mountain City-Ruby Mountains-Jarbidge Ranger District near Elko, Nevada, was closed to motorized vehicles from Thomas Canyon Campground to Road's End Trailhead due to multiple debris slides that occurred in Lamoille canyon dude to heavy rainfall. A portable RAWS site in the canyon measured 1.04 inches in an hour preceding the mudslides.

The wider storm

Heavy rain from showers and thunderstorms caused flooding and mudslides across central and northern Nevada.

Began near Lamoille (40.6488, -115.4021).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1106206. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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