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WGUS55 KREV 020020

FFWREV

NVC029-031-020100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

518 PM PDT FRI AUG 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA

  SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RENO



* UNTIL 600 PM PDT



* AT 510 PM PDT...THE NEVADA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  IN THE GEIGER GRADE AREA...ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF LOCKWOOD...OR    

  ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF VIRGINIA CITY. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN          

  WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING INTO THE 

RENO-SPRAKS AREA DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.



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.



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

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 DAMAGING WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



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