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000 

WGUS55 KLKN 100309

FFWLKN

NVC023-100400-

/O.NEW.KLKN.FF.W.0002.080910T0309Z-080910T0400Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV

809 PM PDT TUE SEP 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL NYE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TONOPAH...



* UNTIL 900 PM PDT



* AT 804 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE 

POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM IN TONOPAH. THE 

THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 

20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS ALONG HWY 376. 



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3825 11718 3814 11694 3804 11703 3805 11705

      3804 11721 3813 11732



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