Aug 5, 2022
A deep layer of monsoonal moisture pushed northwest and north into California, Sierra, and western Nevada in a southerly upper flow that marked the western margins of an area of strong high-pressure ridging into the Great Basin region. Thickening mid-level moisture coupled with steep afternoon lapse rates and warmer surface heating initiated deep columns of slow-moving moisture-laden showers and thunderstorms with torrential rains over the 2021 Tamarack burn scar. This resulted in widespread fl
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1051173). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Washoe County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.