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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

519 PM PDT MON AUG 27 2007



CAC051-280100-

MONO CA-

519 PM PDT MON AUG 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM PDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN MONO COUNTY...



AT 515 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS 

THUNDERSTORMS NEAR DEVILS GATE SUMMIT ARE WEAKENING AND MOVING SOUTH.



HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CAN STILL BE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 

395 FROM BRIDGEPORT TO THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 395 AND STATE ROAD 

108 NEAR SONORA PASS. EVEN ONCE THE RAINFALL ENDS IT WILL TAKE TIME 

FOR ANY FLOOD WATERS AND RUNOFF OVER THE ROAD TO RECEDE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JUNCTION US 

395 AND CA 108 (SONORA JUNCTION) AND DEVILS GATE SUMMIT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND POSSIBLY ALONG HIGHWAY 395 FROM DEVILS GATE 

SUMMIT TO THE JUNCTION OF CALIFORNIA STATE ROUTE 108.



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.



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

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



LAT...LON 3841 11949 3835 11933 3828 11934 3827 11950

TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 180DEG 0KT 3832 11941



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