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WGUS75 KREV 311043

FFSREV



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

237 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005



NVC510-311600-

CARSON CITY NV-

237 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM PST FOR CENTRAL 

CARSON CITY COUNTY...



AT 230 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER CARSON CITY COUNTY AND THE WATERFALL 

BURN AREA. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT FROM ONE HALF TO THREE 

QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THE LAST THREE HOURS...WITH 

OVER ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST TWELVE HOURS. 

MODERATE WIDESPREAD URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CARSON CITY 

THIS MORNING. VICEE CANYON CREEK WITHIN THE BURN AREA AND UPSTREAM 

FROM CARSON CITY CONTINUES TO RISE AND MAY BE OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS. 

CARSON CITY DISPATCH HAS REPORTED WATER...MUD AND SMALL DEBRIS 

FLOWING OVER ROADS SINCE LAST NIGHT. THE SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 

WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH FLASH FLOODING 

STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR.  



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...AND IF 

FLASH FLOODING OCCURS...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. HEAVY RAIN 

IS EXPECTED ALL NIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING 

INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARSON CITY.



LAT...LON 3917 11983 3913 11982 3912 11965 3921 11969



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WGUS75 KREV 311043

FFSREV



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

237 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005



NVC510-311600-

CARSON CITY NV-

237 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM PST FOR CENTRAL 

CARSON CITY COUNTY...



AT 230 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER CARSON CITY COUNTY AND THE WATERFALL 

BURN AREA. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT FROM ONE HALF TO THREE 

QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THE LAST THREE HOURS...WITH 

OVER ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST TWELVE HOURS. 

MODERATE WIDESPREAD URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CARSON CITY 

THIS MORNING. VICEE CANYON CREEK WITHIN THE BURN AREA AND UPSTREAM 

FROM CARSON CITY CONTINUES TO RISE AND MAY BE OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS. 

CARSON CITY DISPATCH HAS REPORTED WATER...MUD AND SMALL DEBRIS 

FLOWING OVER ROADS SINCE LAST NIGHT. THE SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 

WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH FLASH FLOODING 

STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR.  



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...AND IF 

FLASH FLOODING OCCURS...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. HEAVY RAIN 

IS EXPECTED ALL NIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING 

INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARSON CITY.



LAT...LON 3917 11983 3913 11982 3912 11965 3921 11969



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