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000 

WGUS55 KLKN 052202

FFWLKN

NVC013-060100-

/O.NEW.KLKN.FF.W.0002.090605T2202Z-090606T0100Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV

302 PM PDT FRI JUN 5 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEVADA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE OROVADA AREA...



* UNTIL 600 PM PDT



* AT 259 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES FROM A 

  THUNDERSTORM OVER THE OROVADA AREA. THIS STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TO

  THE SOUTH AT 5 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR 

  SOME TIME. HEAVY RAINFALL IS AFFECTING US HIGHWAY 95 FROM NORTH OF

  OROVADA TO NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 140.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

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



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS 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...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ELKO.



&&



LAT...LON 4165 11791 4165 11767 4140 11776 4143 11795



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