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WGUS55 KREV 220057

FFWREV

NVC019-220400-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

553 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA...



* UNTIL 900 PM PDT



* AT 544 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR SWEETWATER

  SUMMIT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF COLEVILLE...15 MILES NORTH OF 

  BRIDGEPORT AND 15 MILES SOUTH OF WELLINGTON.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...SWEETWATER SUMMIT.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED OVER ONE INCH OF 

RAINFALL IN THE LAST HOUR ALONG HIGHWAY 338 BETWEEN WELLINGTON AND

BRIDGEPORT...NEAR SWEETWATER SUMMIT...JUST NORTH OF THE CALIFORNIA AND

NEVADA STATELINE. HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE HIGHWAY MAY HAVE CAUSE ROCKSLIDES

AND DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY 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.



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 3852 11930 3865 11930 3865 11906 3847 11907

      3847 11922



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