Heavy Rain — Lassen, California

2023-06-12 · near (sve)susanville Muni, Lassen, California

Event narrative

A trained spotter located 5.0 mi WNW of Susanville, CA, and a mesonet station (BKOC1-Black Mountain) located 22.0 mi WNW of Spaulding, CA, reported total rainfall amounts of 0.71 inches and 0.69 inches respectively.

Wider weather episode

An upper low that settled over southern NV/UT encouraged the return of greater thunderstorm coverage during this period with near severe storms bringing heavy rain and flash flood concerns to the region. These strong storm cells also brought along gusty, erratic winds, small hail, and plenty of lightning. Slightly below normal temperatures continued before returning to near normal the middle of upcoming week.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1140119. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.