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WGUS55 KREV 132228

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CAC003-051-NVC005-019-029-031-510-140030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

322 PM PDT SAT JUL 13 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ALPINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...

  NORTHWESTERN MONO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

  IN WESTERN NEVADA...

  SOUTHEASTERN CARSON CITY... 

  EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...

  WESTERN LYON COUNTY...

  STOREY COUNTY...

  SOUTHEASTERN WASHOE COUNTY



* UNTIL 530 PM PDT



* AT 318 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERERD 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN MONO 

COUNTY NEAR MONO LAKE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.



ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM INTERSTATE 80 EAST OF 

RENO TO THE PYRAMID LAKE AREA.  STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PASS OVER 

THESE AREAS PRODUCING LOCAL FLOODING THROUGH 530 PM.



REPORTS OF OVER A HALF AN INCH AN HOUR HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE 

DAYTON AREA. AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON 

INCLUDE AREAS EAST OF CARSON CITY...NEAR SILVER CITY... IN THE 

VIRGINIA RANGE...EAST OF PATRICK ALONG INTERSTATE 80...AND IN THE 

PAH PAH RANGE SOUTHWEST OF NIXON.

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 



TO REPORT DAMAGING WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3821 11960 3808 11943 3857 11922 4001 11926

          4004 11962 3856 11970

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