Heavy Rain — Alpine, California

2021-10-24 to 2021-10-25 · near Markleeville, Alpine, California

Event narrative

About 4.38' of rainfall reported by mesonet station MKEC1 located 0.88mi SW of Markleeville, 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 987743. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.