Heavy Rain in Sierra County, California

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

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

COOP observer station SERC1, Sierraville Ranger Station reported 0.53 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 16 May 0700PST to 17 May 0700PST.

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 Sierraville Drwtr Ar (39.5800, -120.3700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 762274. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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