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WGUS45 KREV 191543
FLWREV
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
843 AM PDT MON JUN 19 2023
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO NV HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...
WEST WALKER RIVER NEAR LITTLE WALKER AND COLEVILLE AFFECTING MONO
COUNTY.
.RECENT WARM TEMPERATURES AND STRONG MOUNTAIN WINDS HAVE ACCELERATED
SNOWMELT, RESULTING IN A RISE IN THE STREAMS FEEDING THE WEST WALKER
RIVER. ANOTHER DAY OF GUSTY WINDS WILL MAINTAIN AN ACCELERATED
SNOWMELT DESPITE COOLING TEMPERATURES. AS WINDS DECREASE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY, SNOWMELT SHOULD SLOW AND ALLOW RIVER LEVELS TO FALL.
FOR THE WEST WALKER ABOVE TOPAZ LAKE...INCLUDING LITTLE WALKER AND
COLEVILLE...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.CNRFC.NOAA.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY.
CAC051-202315-
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/WWBC1.2.ER.230619T0111Z.230619T1015Z.230622T1200Z.NO/
843 AM PDT MON JUN 19 2023
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE THURSDAY
MORNING...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...WEST WALKER RIVER NEAR LITTLE WALKER AND COLEVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE. MINOR FLOODING OF LOWLANDS
PASTURE & RURAL ROADS IN WEST WALKER RIVER CANYON AND ANTELOPE
VALLEY INCLUDING WALKER, COLEVILLE AND TOPAZ CALIFORNIA.
AT 6.5 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING OF LOWLANDS, PASTURES AND SOME
RURAL ROADS FROM THE WEST WALKER RIVER CANYON TO TOPAZ LAKE
.INCLUDING WALKER COLEVILLE AND TOPAZ CALIFORNIA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 AM PDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:30 AM PDT MONDAY WAS 6.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE BETWEEN MINOR AND
MODERATE FLOODING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A MAXIMUM VALUE
OF 6.6 FEET TONIGHT. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3842 11944 3838 11945 3847 11947 3850 11946
3853 11949 3865 11954 3878 11942 3889 11924
3891 11916 3883 11913 3876 11935 3868 11945
3860 11946 3854 11948 3850 11943 3846 11945
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