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WGUS55 KREV 142330

FFWREV

NVC031-150230-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

427 PM PDT MON JUL 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RENO...



* UNTIL 730 PM PDT



* AT 422 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR STEAD AND SPARKS...NEAR RENO.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...RENO...SPANISH SPRINGS...

  SPARKS...STEAD...SUN VALLEY AND COLD SPRINGS VALLEY.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED OVER ONE INCH OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE NORTH 

VALLEYS OF RENO...INCLUDING STEAD AND GOLDEN VALLEY. A SECOND STORM IS MOVING 

THROUGH THE SPARKS AREA AND NORTH INTO SPANISH SPRINGS AND IS ALSO EXPECTED

TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH

AND SMALL HAIL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...BE SURE YOU ARE IN A SAFE PLACE FIRST. THEN

CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO AT 775-673-8100. YOUR

REPORT MAY SAVE LIVES



LAT...LON 3968 11998 3968 11963 3957 11964 3952 11977

      3958 11998



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