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WGUS55 KREV 220234

FFWREV

NVC001-019-027-029-031-510-220530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

629 PM PST WED DEC 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA

  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PERSHING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA

  NORTHERN CARSON CITY IN WESTERN NEVADA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARSON CITY

  NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA

  STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VIRGINIA CITY

  SOUTHERN WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RENO...INCLINE VILLAGE



* UNTIL 930 PM PST



* AT 627 PM PST...VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD BEEN FALLING OVER A LARGE AREA 

OF WESTERN NEVADA FROM CARSON CITY TO PYRAMID LAKE.  SOME AREAS HAVE 

SEEN AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF RAIN SINCE 530 PM PST.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RISE RAPIDLY IN WESTERN NEVADA OVER 

THE NEXT THREE HOURS.  BECAUSE THE GROUND IS SATURATED THERE IS AN 

INCREASED RISK OF MUD AND ROCK SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN AS WELL.



STAY AWAY FROM ASH...VICEE AND KINGS CANYONS AS THESE AREAS ARE MOST 

PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. DUE TO THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF THE 

WATERFALL FIRE...FLASH FLOODING MAY BRING A RIVER OF 

MUD...ASH...BOULDERS AND BURNED TREES DOWN THE CANYONS AND INTO 

WESTERN CARSON CITY. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA OF WESTERN 

CARSON CITY...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 4002 11996 3912 11998 3912 11931 4003 11898



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