Heavy Rain — Modoc, California

2021-10-22 to 2021-10-25 · near Lake City, Modoc, California

Event narrative

COOPs observers and Mesonet/ASOS sites reported rainfall amounts ranging from 0.3-1.0 in the far NE corner of Modoc county in and around Fort Bidwell, CA, as well as 1.0 -2.0 within the area from Cedarville, CA to Lake City, CA.

Wider weather episode

A strong atmospheric river event produced a major heavy rain, high wind, and high elevation snow event for much of the region. Record-setting rainfall amounts for many areas of the Sierra into western Nevada. NWS Reno received multiple reports of mud and rock slides in the Sierra along I-80 near the summit, and CA 70 and CA 89 in Sierra, Plumas, and Lassen Counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 987736. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.