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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV

403 PM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEVADA

  THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN WELLS AND CONTACT



* UNTIL 600 PM PDT



* AT 358 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF WELLS ALONG HIGHWAY

  93. RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

  THIS STORM IN THE PAST HOUR.



* THE STORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH ALONG

  HIGHWAY 93.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4105 11496 4103 11468 4134 11466 4137 11498



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