Flash Flood — Pershing, Nevada

2018-05-25 · near Trego, Pershing, Nevada

Event narrative

Nevada Department of Transportation reported a washout/water over the roadway at mile marker 55 on Nevada Highway 447 in Pershing County. Heavy rains from showers and thunderstorms likely came down an alluvial fan near either the Limbo or Tohakum 2 fire burn scar leading to the washout/water over the roadway. A damage estimate was not available.

Wider weather episode

Another low pressure system moved slowly from the central California coast to western Nevada on the 24th and 25th. This system produced two periods of showers and thunderstorms where rainfall totals were maximized across much of eastern California from Alpine County northward to Lassen County and western Nevada from Douglas County northward to the Oregon border. The first period occurred during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 24th, and the second occurred during the morning of the 25th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 763331. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.