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WGUS55 KREV 051355

FFWREV

NVC019-051615-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

555 AM PST SAT JAN 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA...



* UNTIL 800 AM PST



* AT 457 AM PST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM A BROKEN LEVEE OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FERNLEY



FLOOD WATER FROM A BROKEN LEVEE ALONG THE TRUCKEE CANAL WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF THE AREA AROUND FARM DISTRICT AND 

RICCI ROAD IN FERNLEY. RENO NHP REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 200 

HOMES IN THE AREA ARE UNDER 3 FEET OF WATER. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY 

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF THE TRUCKEE CANAL AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE 

IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS 

LIVING ALONG THE TRUCKEE CANAL AND NEARBY STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD 

TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH 

BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3955 11933 3955 11931 3962 11927 3963 11920

      3964 11920 3967 11912 3941 11915 3941 11937

TIME...MOT...LOC 1258Z 180DEG 0KT 3958 11924



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