Heavy Rain in Plumas County, California

Heavy Rain October 3, 2018 – October 4, 2018 · Plumas County, California

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Mesonet station DVSC1 near Lake Davis (elevation 5768 feet) reported 0.94 inches of rainfall in an 18-hour period from 3 October 1100PST to 4 October 0500PST.

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 Portola (39.8839, -120.4753).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 779172. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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