Heavy Rain — Lyon, Nevada

2018-10-03 to 2018-10-04 · near Fernley, Lyon, Nevada

Event narrative

A trained weather spotter 1-mile south-southwest of Fernley reported 0.78 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 3 October 0915PST to 4 October 0915PST.

Wider weather episode

An upper low moved across California and western Nevada providing forcing for showers and thunderstorm across the region. The combination of a moist atmosphere, instability and diffluent forcing from the low allowed for isolated storms with localized heavy rainfall.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 779168. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.