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WGUS55 KREV 242121

FFWREV

NVC019-021-250100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

210 PM PDT THU JUL 24 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY IN NEVADA

  MINERAL COUNTY IN NEVADA



* UNTIL 600 PM PDT THURSDAY EVENING



* AT 215 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM YERINGTON EAST TO 

SCHURZ...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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