Heavy Rain — Plumas, California

2018-10-03 to 2018-10-04 · near Portola, Plumas, California

Event narrative

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.

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 779172. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.