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WGUS55 KREV 250004

FFWREV

NVC027-250300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

502 PM PDT TUE JUL 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL PERSHING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA...



* UNTIL 800 PM PDT



* AT 502 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST PERSHING 

COUNTY. THIS IS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOVELOCK...OR NEAR AND 

SOUTH OF THE PERSHING QUICKSILVER MINE.



RADAR ESTIMATE OF TWO AND ONE HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL 

CAUSE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND WASHES...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF LOW LYING ROADS... ESPECIALLY 

THE OLD EMIGRANT ROAD.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RENO.



LAT...LON 4000 11831 3999 11809 4014 11812 4014 11827



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