Weather Alert

[DAW89446]

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Death Valley predicted to receive possibly a year’s worth of precipitation or more. Looks like another round of damaged infrastructure.

I’ve been through a couple of these in the years I lived in Trona and Ridgecrest and remember how amazing the amount of water and its power. It’s forecasted to hit me here in north central Nevada with current local forecasts of up to 2” of rain.

[Sparky of SoCal]

Flooding can and does lots of damage, but it is so great to see Mother Nature do her thing. The rerouting of washes and amount of growth in both deserts and mountains is a sight to remember.

[DAW89446]

DVNP is starting to proactively shut down due to the storm.

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[Brice]

I've often thought about where I would want to be in the park when a major rain event is occuring.   I'd love to see a dryfall come to life, or huge boulders getting pushed around in a canyon.

Unfortunately seeing either of those while remaining safe and able to drive out afterwards is pretty unlikely.

[DAW89446]

Though forecasted flood watches were in effect here in north-central Nevada, Hilary had three phases.

Phase 1 provided occasional evening sprinkles on the 20th, turning to light rain in the early morning hours. No standing water, no mud. By late morning clearing to partly cloudy. The 21st remained partly cloudy through dusk.

Phase 2 came about 9:45 PM when my wife and I were watching TV and lightning hit close to the house with a loud snap. Heavy rain began. The local (Reno) TV news came on at 10:00. Radar showed a long line of thunderstorms with lots of lightning from Mammoth and north, the forecaster said they would be moving through Winnemucca throughout the night. I was awakened to thunder and my small dog barking at it repeatedly until past 3:45 AM. The following morning (22nd) I came out to find clear skies and my vehicles standing in rim deep water and I had large puddles of standing water, some of which are still containing water today (24th). Erosion, some light debris flows and standing water were found throughout my travels that day.

Phase 3 came late morning the 22nd, when clouds built into thunderstorms. Heavy rains hit again, but not to the degree as the previous night. They continued for about three hours.

In the morning yesterday, the 23rd, it was chilly, 48 degrees, with a very heavy dew. Within a few hours the sky was filled with cumulonimbus and remained so until dusk, though nothing coalesced to the point precipitation fell.

Hilary was pretty meek by the time it came this far north, nothing like farther south.