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WGUS55 KREV 220109

FFWREV

NVC005-019-220200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

608 PM PDT SAT AUG 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA

  CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA



* UNTIL 700 PM PDT



* AT 554 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE 

PINE NUT MOUNTAINS EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SMITH 

VALLEY. THIS STORM IS REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY.







EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

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



LAT...LON 3884 11951 3886 11937 3888 11923 3904 11925

      3902 11939 3895 11952



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