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WGUS45 KLKN 161255
FLWLKN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
555 AM PDT TUE APR 16 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO NV HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEVADA...
OWYHEE RIVER NEAR MOUNTAIN CITY AFFECTING ELKO COUNTY.
FOR THE OWYHEE RIVER...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN CITY...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 500 PM PDT.
NVC007-170000-
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/OMCN2.1.ER.240416T1228Z.000000T0000Z.240417T1912Z.UU/
555 AM PDT TUE APR 16 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OWYHEE RIVER NEAR MOUNTAIN CITY.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE RIVER CHANNEL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:40 AM PDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE AROUND FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 8.1 FEET LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4175 11594 4177 11592 4186 11597 4187 11601
4200 11613 4200 11622 4193 11615 4192 11613
4189 11610 4187 11606 4182 11601 4179 11596
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