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Heavy Rain in Plumas County, California
Heavy Rain September 3, 2023 – September 4, 2023 · Plumas 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 (GW0802-Taylorsville) located 6.0 NW of Genesee, CA, a mesonet station (PIEC1-Pierce) located 5.0 mi NNW of Antelope Lake, CA, and mesonet station (QCSC1-Carman Saddle) located 4.0 mi SSW of Portola, CA, reported total rainfall amounts of 1.14, 0.89 and 0.85 inches respectively.
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 Portola (39.7465, -120.4988).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1143007. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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