Power Outage in Truckee, CA

The Lake of the Pines Tornado: Supercells developed behind the cold front along a north-south boundary in the middle of the Central Valley, where both instability and shear were large. The Fire Department reported a tornado touchdown at approximately 4:30pm (PST). The estimated damage path length was approximately 4 miles with wind speeds estimated at 90-100mph. The tornado touched down near highway 49 and Combie Rd and snapped tree trunks of 1 to 3 ft in diameter. Many trees were uprooted and a few power lines were blown over. Some buildings were also badly damaged in the area.

The Lake of the Pines Tornado: Supercells developed behind the cold front along a north-south boundary in the middle of the Central Valley, where both instability and shear were large. The Fire Department reported a tornado touchdown at approximately 4:30pm (PST). The estimated damage path length was approximately 4 miles with wind speeds estimated at 90-100mph. The tornado touched down near highway 49 and Combie Rd and snapped tree trunks of 1 to 3 ft in diameter. Many trees were uprooted and a few power lines were blown over. Some buildings were also badly damaged in the area.

Heavy rain fell in Nevada County on the 13th. This caused numerous storm drains to clog which resulted in some local street flooding.||Strong, gusty winds peaking near 40 mph brought down large numbers of trees, large tree branches, and power lines which resulted in power outages to at least 10,900 customers in Nevada County.

Increased southwest winds, especially Monday evening through Tuesday night, brought the potential for possible travel disruptions, tree and fence damage, as well as local power outages. Mountain snow showers increased intensity during the evening above 7000 feet dumping heavy wet snow over mountain communities which brought heightened snow load concerns for those areas. With the attendant stronger AR bringing relatively higher snow levels and more heavy rain to an already primed heavy snowpack, flood concerns further increased for larger streams and creeks, as well as for mainstream rivers. Temperatures for the first March AR supported storm system remained mostly below seasonal averages, and contributed to limited flooding issues. Temperatures for the subsequent two storm systems remained mostly near to slightly above average in response to the warmer tap of sub-tropical moisture. Therefore, flooding issues increased for these two follow up AR driven storm systems.