Heavy Rain in Sierra County, California

Heavy Rain September 1, 2023 – September 2, 2023 · Sierra County, California

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A mesonet station (SNOTEL) located 3.6 mi N of Independence Lake reported a total rainfall amount of 0.90 inches.

The wider storm

An upper level low over northern California yielded a cooler, wetter, and breezy pattern across the region through Labor Day weekend. Periods of light to moderate precipitation intermingled with isolated thunderstorms produced brief periods of heavy rainfall across the Sierra into northwest Nevada that caused some flash flooding and flooding concerns through the Labor weekend. Of particular concern was flooding in the playa area of the Black Rock Desert during the Burning Man festival.

Began near Sierraville Drwtr Ar (39.4690, -120.2900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1143000. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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