Hail in Nevada County, California

Hail June 8, 2023 · Nevada County, California

0.25 in

Hail diameter

$1K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trained weather spotter reported roughly an inch of accumulating hail (0.25 inch) in the Truckee, CA, area and along I-80.

The wider storm

A compact upper low shifting eastward out of region leaving a moist and unstable airmass. The anomalous higher PWATS (90-95th percentile) and CAPE favored scattered thunderstorms across the region with heavy rainfall cores capable of flash flooding, gusty and erratic outflow winds, small hail, and lightning.

Began near Truckee (39.3334, -120.1813).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1136134. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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