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WGUS75 KREV 252230

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

330 PM PDT WED JUL 25 2007



CAC051-260000-

MONO CA-

330 PM PDT WED JUL 25 2007



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

CENTRAL MONO COUNTY...



...THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE 

AREA...SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW...



AT 327 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

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

OBSERVATION STATION HAS INDICATED 1.6 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.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE 

RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN 

HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.



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.



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



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