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‘A tragic day on Lake Tahoe’ How a sudden storm left 8 dead aboard boat
Posted on 6/24/25 at 10:14 am
Posted on 6/24/25 at 10:14 am
Crazy scene on Lake Tahoe this weekend. RIP
LA Times Article
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Cefalu — a lifelong Tahoe boater and co-owner of Mile High Fishing Charters — noticed some whitecaps forming. The wind also was quickly picking up, blowing in from the north, which wasn’t typical.
“I told my customers, ‘Essentially, we’re looking at probably 2- or 3-foot chop by the time we get a half an hour from here, and from there it’s going to probably be a little bit worse,’” Cefalu recalled saying as he headed the boat he was piloting back toward the marina. “Within 15 minutes, there was 5- to 6-foot chop, and then within a half hour, it was 8- to 10-foot chop.”
LA Times Article
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Posted on 6/24/25 at 10:26 am to Barfunkle
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Within 15 minutes, there was 5- to 6-foot chop, and then within a half hour, it was 8- to 10-foot chop.
I wouldn't describe that as "chop"Posted on 6/24/25 at 10:42 am to lowhound
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I wouldn't describe that as "chop"
They're using the old Douglas sea scale on a recreational lake.
Posted on 6/24/25 at 11:44 am to Galactic Inquisitor
was this the result of a frontal passage, thunderstorms, or some local wind phenomenon?
Posted on 6/24/25 at 12:07 pm to slidingstop
Some details from the article:
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Between noon and 3 p.m., winds in South Lake Tahoe went from 5 or 10 mph to 35 to 45 mph, according to the National Weather Service. The temperature dropped from the mid-50s to the upper 30s. And waves appeared to grow by several feet, with reports of swells or chops hitting 7 to 10 feet. At some points during the storm, it even snowed.
“This particular storm popped up pretty quickly,” said Matthew Chyba, a weather service meteorologist based in Reno, which includes the Tahoe region. Chyba confirmed that there were no advisories issued for Tahoe on Saturday but called the storm that rolled in an exceptionally bad thunderstorm, which are hard to predict and have the ability to create short-term, dangerous conditions.
“It was very localized,” Chyba said. “And unfortunately it was in a place where people were recreating.”
Cefalu, 57, said he could remember one or two other days on the lake with similarly bad conditions, but they didn’t develop as rapidly as on Saturday, or become as hazardous.
This post was edited on 6/24/25 at 12:21 pm
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