Flash Flood in Lyon County, Nevada

Flash Flood June 9, 2015 · Lyon County, Nevada

$20K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Per a spotter report, 1.13 inches of rain fell in about an hour in the Six Mile Canyon area near the Lyon and Storey County line. Lyon County Emergency Management received reports of significant yard and landscaping damage as well as water in garages. Also, heavy equipment was required to remove mud from streets in the Mark Twain community as well as in Six Mile Canyon (Storey County).

The wider storm

Slow-moving thunderstorms with heavy rainfall produced flash flooding near dry washes leading out of the Virginia Range on the 9th and the Pine Nut Mountains on the 10th.

Began near Dayton (39.3022, -119.5577).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 586933. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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