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WGUS75 KLKN 260244

FFSLKN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV

743 PM PDT WED JUL 25 2007



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ELKO NV-

743 PM PDT WED JUL 25 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM PDT FOR

CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...



AT 742 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 30 MILES NORTH OF 

ELKO NEVADA...OR NEAR COAL CANYON.



THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL DRIFT NORTH OVER RURAL 

AREAS OF THE CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY.



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.



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 4109 11585 4109 11566 4126 11559 4126 11581



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