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WGUS55 KLKN 212104

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NVC007-011-212300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV

200 PM PDT THU AUG 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILDHORSE...TUSCARORA...SPRING

  CREEK...SOUTH FORK...RYNDON...RUBY VALLEY...RUBY LAKE...OWYHEE...

  MOUNTAIN CITY...LEE...LAMOILLE...JIGGS...ELKO...CHARLESTON...CARLIN

  NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY IN NEVADA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PINE VALLEY...PALISADE...EMIGRANT

  PASS...DUNPHY...BEOWAWE



* UNTIL 400 PM PDT



* AT 153 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 9 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN 

CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE 

ALSO INDICATED OVER CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY...NEAR TUSCARORA...AND 

ACROSS THE RUBY MOUNTAINS. 



THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN MAY HAVE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL 

AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.





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

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.



LAT...LON 4020 11655 4017 11483 4195 11560 4198 11636

          4145 11657

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