Flood, Greater Reno/Carson City/Minden Area
- When
- January 25, 12:00 PM PST to January 26, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Greater Reno/Carson City/Minden Area forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.511, -119.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Nevada, January 25 to 26, 1997
The East Carson River and the mainstem Truckee in western Nevada rose above flood stage for a short period of time. Urban and small stream flooding occurred in parts of western Nevada as well.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The East Carson River and the mainstem Truckee in western Nevada rose above flood stage for a short period of time. Urban and small stream flooding occurred in parts of western Nevada as well. For a better description, please see storm entry for floods in Nevada zones from 1/01/97 to 1/17/97.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Western Nevada Basin and Range
- When
- January 25, 12:00 PM PST to January 26, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Western Nevada Basin and Range forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.927, -118.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 25 to 27, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 25 to 26, 1997
- Flash Flooding in California, January 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 25 to 27, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 25 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 25 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 25 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 25 to 26, 1997
- Hail in Georgia, January 25, 1997
- Hail in Georgia, January 25, 1997
- Hail in Georgia, January 25, 1997
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, January 1997
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: 5590165, 5590166.