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WGUS75 KREV 310014

FFSREV



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

512 PM PDT THU AUG 30 2007



CAC035-310200-

LASSEN CA-

512 PM PDT THU AUG 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM PDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN LASSEN COUNTY...



AT 504 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED INTO FAR NORTHWEST 

LASSEN COUNTY EAST OF BIEBER. RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN THESE AREAS ARE 

AT LEAST ONE INCH PER HOUR.



RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS OVER DIXIE VALLEY MAY STILL ALLOW THE 

HORSE CREEK AND PIT RIVERS TO RUN HIGH.



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 4108 12131 4094 12113 4096 12104 4095 12095

      4084 12096 4082 12106 4088 12120 4090 12133

      4107 12133

TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 12104



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