Heavy Rain — Lyon, Nevada

2023-10-01 · near Fernley, Lyon, Nevada

Event narrative

A mesonet station (CW2857-Fernley) located 2.0 mi WSW of Fernley, NV reported a total rainfall amount of 0.50 inches.

Wider weather episode

An area of low pressure that was moving slowly east across northern California into the Great Basin late September into the early October brought increased shower and thunderstorm chances to northeast California, the Sierra Front and eastern Sierra to include parts of western Nevada. This included high elevation snow showers over parts of the Sierra.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1143347. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.