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WGUS55 KREV 162252

FFWREV

NVC021-170130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

345 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA...



* UNTIL 630 PM PDT



* AT 345 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING REPEATEDLY ALONG THE STEEP SLOPES OF THE 

WASSUK RANGE JUST WEST OF WALKER LAKE. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 

BETWEEN 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 230 PM PDT IN THE 

AREA JUST WEST OF US HIGHWAY 95. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THIS AREA.



WALKER LAKE...ALONG WITH THE WALKER LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA ARE 

IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING. SECTIONS OF US HIGHWAY 95 ARE ALSO IN 

THIS WARNING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3843 11889 3855 11873 3878 11872 3887 11888



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