Fast moving thunderstorms develop around Carson City
Scattered showers and fast moving thunderstorms have developed Monday afternoon around Carson City, Carson Valley in Douglas County and along some portions of the Sierra front.
Doppler radar shows the storms moving at a fairly fast clip from south to north, heading into Lyon County and toward Washoe Valley and Reno.
There are no National Weather Service warnings or advisories associated with the storms at this time. That could change, however, if storms become stronger.
Thunderstorms are capable of producing gusty outflow winds, small hail, and bursts of heavy rainfall. As for flash flooding and debris flow concerns, this will be minimized by the fast storm motions, but there is still a possibility of debris flows if multiple storms move over any recently burned areas or in steep terrain, according to the weather service.
A heat advisory for the region is in effect through 11 p.m. Tuesday for much of the region with temperatures 95 to 105 degrees during the day with overnight lows 65-75. There's also a fire weather watch for Wednesday afternoon through the evening.
The weather service says we can expect storms through Wednesday. By Wednesday, storm coverage becomes more isolated south of US Highway 50. The main impacts will be heavy rain, gusty winds up to 50 mph, cloud-to-ground lightning, small hail, possible blowing dust, and debris flows near recent burn scars.
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