Hail storm turns South Shore winter white

Rosemary Manning can’t avoid getting wet as she walks to her vehicle at Blue Angel Cafe in South Lake Tahoe Aug. 25. Photo/Kathryn Reed

A fast moving storm dumped so much hail on the South Shore it looks like winter.

A flash food warning remains in effect until 9pm Aug. 25 from Stateline to Fallen Leaf Lake.

The National Weather Service in Reno is warning people who live near or are playing by Heavenly Valley Creek, Trout Creek, Taylor Creek and the Upper Truckee River that they should stay away from the water because it could rise quickly.

Pea-size hail looks like snow near Motel 6 in South Lake Tahoe. Photo/Susan Wood

Streets in South Lake Tahoe are a mess. Many storm drains are overflowing. Roads are covered in water. And where there isn’t standing water, there is measurable hail that looks like it just snowed.

“It seems like the majority of the thunderstorm was small hail,” Alex Hoon, meteorologist with the NWS in Reno told Lake Tahoe News. “This is pretty much it. We are not expecting much after this thing rolls through.”

Hoon said temperatures dropped to the upper 40s when the storm came through early Monday evening. Temps for the rest of the week are expected to be in the upper 70s.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report