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WGUS75 KREV 150023

FFSREV



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

517 PM PDT MON JUL 14 2008



NVC031-150230-

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WASHOE NV-

517 PM PDT MON JUL 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM PDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY...



AT 515 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM

A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR STEAD...5 MILES NORTH OF RENO.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...RENO...SPANISH SPRINGS...SPARKS AND

STEAD.



THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM HAS PUSHED OUT OF THE AREA WITH ONLY LIGHT RAIN 

CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTH VALLEYS OF RENO. ALTHOUGH THE STORM HAS MOVED 

OUT OF THE AREA IT LEFT OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR

IN THE STEAD AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

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

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS PROMPTED LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO CLOSE SOME ROADS IN THE 

STEAD AREA. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON FLOODED ROADS OR 

PAST BARRICADES. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST 

A FEW INCHES OF FAST FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES 

OFF THE ROAD. 



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 11991 3968 11963 3957 11964 3952 11977

      3956 11990 3956 11991 3957 11994 3962 11996



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