Heavy Rain in Lyon County, Nevada

Heavy Rain October 3, 2018 – October 4, 2018 · Lyon County, Nevada

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Fernley (39.5866, -119.2572).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 779168. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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