Flash Flood — Esmeralda, Nevada

2015-05-25 · near Lida, Esmeralda, Nevada

Event narrative

Rocks and mud washed over Highway 266 11 miles W of Lida.

Wider weather episode

An unseasonable upper low east of the area helped fuel showers and thunderstorms over the southern Great Basin and Mojave Desert. Isolated flash flooding occurred.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 578149. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.