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WGUS75 KREV 252219

FFSREV



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

316 PM PDT WED JUL 25 2007



CAC051-260000-

MONO CA-

316 PM PDT WED JUL 25 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM PDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL MONO COUNTY...



AT 315 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. A LOCAL WEATHER 

OBSERVATION STATION HAS INDICATED 1.4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 

HOUR. MONO COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS INDEED 

FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF MAMMOTH LAKES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAMMOTH 

MOUNTAIN AND MAMMOTH LAKES...AS WELL AS DEVILS POSTPILE. THIS ALSO 

INCLUDES WILDERNESS AREAS AROUND MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN THAT MAY HAVE 

CAMPERS OR HIKERS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 

203 WEST OF MAMMOTH LAKES.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3755 11910 3755 11888 3773 11888 3773 11910



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