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WGUS75 KLKN 160259

FFSLKN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV

759 PM PDT MON JUN 15 2009



NVC007-011-160500-

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EUREKA NV-ELKO NV-

759 PM PDT MON JUN 15 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM PDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL ELKO AND NORTH CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTIES...



AT 755 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA 

WAS DISSIPATING. HOWEVER...ESTIMATES INDICATE OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN CARLIN AND 

EMIGRANT PASS...AS WELL AS THE NORTH END OF HIGHWAY 278 NEAR 

INTERSTATE 80.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MARYS CREEK IN PARTICULAR IS LIKELY TO 

BE FLOODING AT THIS TIME.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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LAT...LON 4075 11611 4070 11607 4060 11621 4071 11629



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