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WGUS45 KLKN 262112
FLWLKN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
212 PM PDT FRI APR 26 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO NV HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEVADA...
OWYHEE RIVER BELOW WILDHORSE AFFECTING ELKO COUNTY.
.RECENT RAINFALL COMBINED WITH ONGOING SNOW MELT WILL SLOWLY
INCREASE RIVER FLOWS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
FOR THE OWYHEE RIVER...INCLUDING WILDHORSE...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY MORNING AT 800 AM PDT.
NVC007-271500-
/O.NEW.KLKN.FL.W.0007.240426T2357Z-240503T0725Z/
/OGCN2.1.ER.240426T2357Z.240429T1200Z.240502T1924Z.UU/
212 PM PDT FRI APR 26 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY, MAY 03
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OWYHEE RIVER BELOW WILDHORSE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY, MAY 03.
* IMPACTS...AT 3.5 FEET, FLOOD STAGE; MINOR FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:45 PM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.4 FEET.
- N/A
- RECENT RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT HAVE PROMOTED CONTINUED RISES IN
THE OWYHEE RIVER. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH MINOR FLOOD
STAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 3.6 FEET EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 3.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4174 11593 4173 11592 4173 11591 4172 11590
4171 11589 4169 11587 4169 11585 4168 11584
4170 11584 4170 11586 4172 11587 4173 11589
4174 11591 4174 11592 4176 11592 4177 11592
4175 11594
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