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WGUS55 KREV 010154

FFWREV

NVC001-010445-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

654 PM PDT SUN MAY 31 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEVADA...



* UNTIL 945 PM PDT



* AT 652 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIDDLEGATE



A SPOTTER IN MIDDLEGATE REPORTED WATER FILLING TO NEAR BANKFULL OF 

DRY CREEK SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 IN MIDDLEGATE AND THE WATER CONTINUES 

TO RISE. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS IN MIDDLEGATE TO 

10 MILES NORTH AND EAST OF MIDDLEGATE ALONG HIGHWAY 50.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 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 3938 11767 3936 11773 3923 11769 3917 11775

      3917 11808 3935 11807 3942 11765



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