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WGUS55 KREV 282323

FFWREV

CAC057-061-290115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

415 PM PDT TUE AUG 28 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN NEVADA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PROSSER CREEK RESERVOIR...BOCA

  RESERVOIR...

  NORTHEASTERN PLACER COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...



* UNTIL 615 PM PDT



* AT 413 PM PDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  HIRSCHDALE...TRUCKEE...PROSSER CREEK AND INTERSTATE 80 FROM 

  HIRSCHDALE TO 8 MILES WEST OF TRUCKEE 



AT 410 PM A TRAINED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER REPORTED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN LASTING AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AND WATER RUNNING DOWN A 

RESIDENTIAL ROAD NEAR PROSSER LAKE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL FLOW OVER ROADWAYS...INCLUDING AREAS 

OF INTERSTATE 80 AND STATE ROAD 267 BETWEEN INTERSTATE 80 AND 

NORTHSTAR. IN THESE AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...ROCK AND DEBRIS SLIDES 

ARE LIKELY. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS 

IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.



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.



LAT...LON 3944 12029 3940 12003 3936 11999 3922 12011

      3925 12025 3934 12031

TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 205DEG 0KT 3939 12027 3932 12008

          3931 12004



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