451  
WGUS45 KLKN 210025  
FLWLKN  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV  
525 PM PDT SUN AUG 20 2023  
 
NVC007-011-015-023-033-220300-  
/O.NEW.KLKN.FA.W.0004.230821T0025Z-230822T0300Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ELKO NV-EUREKA NV-LANDER NV-NYE NV-WHITE PINE NV-  
525 PM PDT SUN AUG 20 2023  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT MONDAY
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL STORM  
HILARY IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, AND NORTHEAST NEVADA,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL NEVADA, NYE. IN NORTH  
CENTRAL NEVADA, EUREKA AND LANDER. IN NORTHEAST NEVADA, ELKO AND  
WHITE PINE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM PDT MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM  
EARLIER RAINFALL AND ON GOING RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. SOME LOW-WATER  
CROSSINGS MAY ALREADY BE INUNDATED, WITH MORE LOW WATER CROSSING  
BECOMING IMPASSABLE OVERNIGHT DUE TO RISING FLOODWATER. EXPECT  
MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 514 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES  
INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR  
EXPECTED TO BEGIN WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.25 TO 3  
INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN, ESPECIALLY OVER UPSLOPE  
AREAS OF HIGHER TERRAIN.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN  
THE WARNED AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING  
INCLUDE...  
ELY, EUREKA, PINTO SUMMIT, DUCKWATER, EUREKA AIRPORT, DIAMOND  
VALLEY, GARDEN PASS, BLUE EAGLE RANCH, HICKISON SUMMIT,  
PRESTON, GRASS VALLEY, RUTH, LUND, GILLMAN SPRINGS, KINGSTON,  
ELY AIRPORT, AUSTIN, ROUND MOUNTAIN, MCGILL AND MANHATTAN,  
LAMOILLE CANYON, EASTERN SIDE OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS.  
- MAJOR ROADWAYS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED ARE HIGHWAY 50 FROM ELY  
TO AUSTIN, HIGHWAY 6 FROM ELY TO TONOPAH, COUNTY HIGHWAY 767  
AND 229 ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING, DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY.  
 
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE  
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED  
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  
 
FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU  
ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS  
IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.  
 
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW  
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3938 11776 3953 11750 4004 11752 4013 11568  
4063 11558 4084 11521 4088 11528 4108 11503  
4109 11504 4108 11501 4070 11506 4079 11514  
4013 11554 4012 11405 3868 11405 3868 11500  
3805 11500 3805 11724 3892 11820 3909 11778  
 

 
 
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