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Updated:May 21, 2026 5:30 pm PDT

Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
Nevada County

  Effective: Thu, 5/21 5:00pm Severity:  Moderate 
  Updated: May 21, 2026 5:30 pm Urgency: Expected
  Expires: Thu, 5/21 5:45pm Certainty: Observed

Areas Affected: Greater Lake Tahoe Area - Greater Lake Tahoe Area
 
Alert Details:
At 500 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Incline Village-Crystal Bay, or near Kings Beach, moving southeast at
10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Carson City, South Lake Tahoe, Kings Beach, Tahoe City, Incline
Village, Glenbrook, Emerald Bay, Crystal Bay, Zephyr Cove-Round Hill
Village, Sugar Pine Point S, Bliss State Park, Incline
Village-Crystal Bay, Zephyr Cove, Carnelian Bay, Kingsbury, Homewood,
Stateline, Meeks Bay, Sunnyside-Tahoe City, and William Kent
Campground.

Information:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

If on or near Lake Tahoe, get out of the water and move indoors or
inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.