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WGUS85 KLKN 262050
FLSLKN
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
150 PM PDT SUN JUL 26 2009
NVC011-262345-
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EUREKA NV-
150 PM PDT SUN JUL 26 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A
* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
THIS INCLUDES THE ROBERTS MOUNTAINS WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 278...
* UNTIL 445 PM PDT
* AT 147 PM PDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT A THUNDERSTORM MAY HAVE DROPPED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN
ACROSS THE ROBERTS MOUNTAINS IN CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY. LOCALIZED
FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING AT THIS TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...WILLOW
CREEK...HENDERSON CREEK...ROBERTS CREEK...AND GARDEN PASS CREEK.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3996 11629 3989 11613 3978 11622 3984 11637
RCM
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