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WGUS55 KLKN 250108

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NVC011-250400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV

602 PM PDT WED JUL 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY IN NEVADA



* UNTIL 900 PM PDT



* AT 559 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN 

EUREKA COUNTY.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING ALONG US HWY 50 APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MILES WEST OF THE 

CITY OF EUREKA.  RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING 

ACROSS KOBEH VALLEY AND ANTELOPE VALLEY.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

SLOWLY DRIFTING EAST AS INDIVIDUAL STORMS TRACKED TO THE NORTHEAST 

AT 15 MPH.



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

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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



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