Flash flood watch continues for Tamarack fire area, Carson City, Carson Valley and western Nevada
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 12:45pm
UPDATE 4:23PM: A Flash Flood Warning for the Tamarack Fire burn area has been canceled. It remains under a flash flood watch.
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UPDATE 3:25PM: The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Flash Flood Warning until 5:15 p.m. Monday for the Tamarack Fire burn scar area in Alpine and Douglas County. At 3:17 p.m. Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing torrential rain over the Tamarack Fire burn scar. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
The weather service advises that excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through the wildfire area. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include Markleeville, and portions of Highway 395 near Spring Valley and Holbrook Junction communities.
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The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch Monday for much of western Nevada including areas surrounding the Tamarack Fire and Markleeville as well as Carson City, Carson Valley, and in the greater Reno and Lake Tahoe areas.
The weather service says slow moving hybrid type thunderstorms could produce short periods of heavy rainfall over steeper terrain in and around past and current wild land burn scars. The watch is from 1 to 9 p.m.
Recently burned areas from the Tamarack fire between US395 and CA89 in and around the communities of Spring Valley and Holbrook Junction could be most impacted by locally heavy rainfall and flooding, according to the weather service.
The flash flood watch area includes the cities of Virginia City, Gardnerville, Markleeville, Mammoth Lakes, Sparks, Verdi, Stateline, South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, Glenbrook, Incline Village, Truckee, Bridgeport and Lee Vining.
The weather service advises residents to monitor forecasts and be prepared to take action should
Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
