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WGUS55 KLKN 101953

FFWLKN

NVC023-102045-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV

1253 PM PDT WED SEP 10 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 145 PM PDT



* AT 1244 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

FROM A THUNDERSTORM IN THE TOWN OF TONOPAH. THE THUNDERSTORM 

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



* 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...ROADWAYS...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 3816 11734 3816 11711 3805 11711 3805 11719

      3803 11721 3803 11722 3807 11725 3813 11734



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