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WGUS55 KLKN 030645

FFWLKN

NVC007-030845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV

1145 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WELLS...SPRING CREEK...SOUTH FORK...

  RYNDON...RUBY VALLEY...LEE...LAMOILLE...JIGGS...ELKO...CLOVER

  VALLEY



* UNTIL 145 AM PDT



* AT 1134 PM PDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD OVER SPRING

  CREEK...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRING CREEK...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 4083 11602 4020 11578 4044 11447 4151 11476



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