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Heavy Rain in Lassen County, California

Heavy Rain May 16, 2018 – May 17, 2018 · Lassen County, California

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Mesonet station BDOC1, 6 miles east of Madeline (elevation 5927 feet) reported 0.93 inches of rainfall from 16 May 1159PST to 17 May 0659PST.

The wider storm

A broad area of upper level low pressure moved into the western part of the U.S. on the 16th and persisted through the 17th. Bands of moderate to heavy rain developed north of the main center of the low stretching across the northern Sierra and into far western Nevada on the 16th.

Began near Madeline (41.0541, -120.3375).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 762123. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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