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NVC007-011-220730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV

828 PM PDT THU AUG 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA

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

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

  CLOVER VALLEY...CARLIN

  NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY IN NEVADA

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

  PASS...DUNPHY...BEOWAWE



* UNTIL 1230 AM PDT



* AT 829 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM EMIGRANT PASS TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JIGGS...OR FROM 4

  MILES SOUTH OF EMIGRANT PASS TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JIGGS...

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  OVER PALISADE AT 835 PM PDT

  OVER RUBY LAKE AT 855 PM PDT

  OVER CARLIN AT 900 PM PDT

  OVER JIGGS AT 905 PM PDT

  OVER SOUTH FORK...LEE AT 930 PM PDT

  OVER SPRING CREEK AT 940 PM PDT

  OVER ELKO AT 950 PM PDT



MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 80...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE HUNTER 

EXIT AT MILE MARKER 293...AND HIGHWAY 278 SOUTH OF CARLIN CAN EXPECT 

MUD AND WATER TO FLOW FREELY ACROSS ROADWAYS IN AN AREA THAT HAS 

ALREADY EXPERIENCED THESE CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER 

TODAY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS TONIGHT AS IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

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

QUICKLY. MOVE 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.



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.



LAT...LON 4015 11654 4015 11536 4122 11468 4097 11656



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