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
Glad to see the hail and rain. The vegetable garden looks a bit beaten by the the hail, but the plants, for the most part, are pretty resilient and will bounce back, I hope!
Always good to get a summer drenching during a drought. Tamps down the fire danger and helps the folks down stream off the hill, who rely on sierra water.
Maybe a good winter this year? We sure could use one!
OLS, the eternal optimist.
That was quite a storm. Cute picture Rosemary!
Wow, what a storm! My yard looks like it was attacked by leaf cutter ants. I have lots of strawberry as ground cover and there are no leafs unshreaded. Glad to have the moisture.