Hail in Placer County, California

Hail August 18, 2023 · Placer County, California

0.88 in

Hail diameter

$20K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The CHP reported a truck accident on Interstate 80 near Blue Canyon that they thought was due to heavy rain and hail. The truck rain into a guard rail and overturned. The public reported nickel size hail from a location 1 mile northeast of Blue Canyon, by Putt Lake.

The wider storm

Monsoonal moisture with an unstable airmass caused afternoon mountain thunderstorms to develop over the Sierra. One of these thunderstorms brought hail as large as nickel size.

Began near (blu)blue Canyon Arp (39.2900, -120.6800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1137031. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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