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WGUS55 KREV 220138

FFWREV

NVC001-021-220430-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

632 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA...

  NORTH CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA...



* UNTIL 930 PM PDT



* AT 627 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WALKER LAKE 

  NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WALKER LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION...TO HIGHWAY 

  50 FROM SAND MOUNTAIN TO MIDDLEGATE AND COLD SPRINGS...AND NORTH

  TO DIXIE VALLEY.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...COLD SPRINGS...DIXIE VALLEY...

  FRENCHMAN...MIDDLEGATE...SAND MOUNTAIN AND JUNCTION US 50 AND NV

  839.



HEAVY RAIN FELL IN MANY OF THESE AREAS SUNDAY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND AND RANCHLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING

FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3951 11755 3946 11764 3942 11762 3937 11768

      3936 11773 3923 11769 3914 11777 3895 11826

      3870 11864 3873 11876 3907 11869 3938 11837

      3967 11798 3958 11752



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