Heavy Rain — Sierra, California

2007-08-31 · near Sierraville, Sierra, California

Event narrative

A trained weather spotter 4 miles WNW of Sierraville reported extremely heavy rainfall with 0.20 inch of rainfall occurring in only 2 minutes.

Wider weather episode

Heavy rainfall occurred across the eastern Sierra and western Nevada.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (39.6221, -120.4494)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 48702. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.