Pea and marble-sized hail fell on Carson City shortly before 5 this afternoon. The weather pattern should continue through this evening, according to www.carsonweather.com and the National Weather Service in Reno.
According to the weather service, thunderstorms will produce abundant dry lightning for the lower elevations of northeastern California and western Nevada. Thunderstorms may have some moderate to locally heavy rain in the cores but fast storm motions will provide abundant dry lightning strikes on storm peripheries and the threat of numerous new fire starts.
Meanwhile, a Red Flag warning is in effect through 8 p.m. tonight for dry thunderstorms and gusty outflow winds for lower elevations of northeastern California and western Nevada.
Photo:Mason Margolin, 12, holds up hail he collected in his Robinson Street yard from today's storm.