Heavy Rain in Nevada, December 26 to 27, 1996

Name: Heavy Rain in Nevada, December 26 to 27, 1996
Start: 1996-12-26T21:00
End: 1996-12-27T01:00
Location: Nevada

December 26 to 27, 1996 · NWS REV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Rain on top of snow put enough pressure on a roof of a furniture store in Carson City, causing it to collapse. The fallen roof buried about 1,000 pieces of furniture, causing considerable damage.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.

Rain on top of snow put enough pressure on a roof of a furniture store in Carson City, causing it to collapse. The fallen roof buried about 1,000 pieces of furniture, causing considerable damage. Damage was also done to the sprinkler system. Minor flooding of the store was reported.

Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Carson City (C)

When: December 26, 9:00 PM PST to December 27, 1:00 AM PST
Where: Carson City (C) County, Carson City
Property damage: $100,000

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, December 1996

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5580655.