Heavy Rain in Churchill County, Nevada

Heavy Rain April 6, 2018 – April 7, 2018 · Churchill County, Nevada

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Mesonet station AU485, 5 miles east-northeast of Lahontan Reservoir (elevation 4098 feet) reported 0.62 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0939PST to 7 April 0939PST.

The wider storm

A very warm and wet atmospheric river approached the west coast of the CONUS on the 5th, which brought gusty winds and significant rains to the Sierra and western Nevada the 6th through the 7th. In the foothills of western Nevada, rainfall amounts ranged from about a third of an inch to as much as three-quarters of an inch. The valleys of the basin and range country in western Nevada saw generally less than half an inch, but the higher elevations received up to an inch or more.

Began near Bango (39.5100, -118.9900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 754098. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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