Moderate to strong thunderstorms possible through early evening
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 06/21/2017 - 5:07pm
With rain, thunder, lightning and reports of small hail around Gardnerville and the Carson Valley, the National Weather Service says there is a chance for thunderstorms later this evening extending into the Carson City area and Lake Tahoe Basin.
Isolated to widely scattered moderate to strong thunderstorms will continue developing over parts of western Nevada and the Sierra into the early evening hours, forecasters said in a special weather statement issued at 5:43 p.m. The strongest storms are likely to be near and west of Highway 395 from Minden to Mammoth Lakes.
Additional strong storms are likely over eastern parts of Churchill County and through the Lake Tahoe Basin. The strongest storms may produce gusty winds in excess of 45 mph along with small hail and brief moderate to heavy rain.
Elsewhere, the storms could produce gusts in the 35-40 mph range. Anywhere outside of the strongest rain cores, dry lightning strikes are possible and may ignite a few fires this evening.
All of the storms are moving slowly. These slow moving storms tend to grow in intensity then rapidly deteriorate. Additional storms develop on the outflow boundaries of the collapsing storms, the weather service states.
