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WGUS45 KLKN 262326
FLWLKN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
426 PM PDT FRI MAY 26 2023
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO NV HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEVADA...
HUMBOLDT RIVER AT PALISADE AFFECTING EUREKA COUNTY.
.WARM TEMPERATURES WILL MELT SNOWPACK AND INCREASE RIVER FLOWS.
FOR THE LOWER HUMBOLDT...INCLUDING PALISADE, BATTLE MOUNTAIN,
COMUS...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 100 PM PDT.
NVC011-272000-
/O.NEW.KLKN.FL.W.0016.230527T1500Z-000000T0000Z/
/PALN2.1.SM.230527T1500Z.230529T1400Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
426 PM PDT FRI MAY 26 2023
...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...HUMBOLDT RIVER AT PALISADE.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS BETWEEN
CARLIN AND BATTLE MOUNTAINS. THIS IS ABOUT 3650 CFS.
AT 7.5 FEET, MINOR TO MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS FROM CARLIN
TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN. THIS IS ABOUT 4300 CFS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:10 PM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 7.3 FEET
MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
7.3 FEET ON 05/23/1975.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4073 11612 4069 11610 4068 11612 4063 11616
4057 11622 4056 11637 4057 11645 4059 11649
4062 11647 4059 11644 4059 11623 4064 11618
4068 11616 4070 11614
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