Debris Flow — Carson City (c), Nevada

2017-08-22 · near Incline Vlg, Carson City (c), Nevada

Event narrative

An area of pulse thunderstorms caused boulders to slide onto Nevada State Highway 28 at mile marker 3. No damage reports/estimates were available.

Wider weather episode

An upper-level area of low pressure near the California coast and a ridge axis over the eastern Great Basin combined to bring increased south to southeast flow into western Nevada and aided in producing a focusing mechanism for thunderstorms. These thunderstorms produced localized areas of heavy rainfall in far western Nevada.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 720653. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.