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WGUS75 KREV 211150
FFSREV
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
450 AM PDT MON AUG 21 2023
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MONO CA-
450 AM PDT MON AUG 21 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM PDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MONO COUNTY...
AT 450 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT PRECIPITATION HAS MOSTLY
ENDED IN SOUTHERN MONO COUNTY. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN IN THE LAST 6 HOURS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE LAST 12 HOURS.
WIDESPREAD FLOODING REMAINS A CONCERN DUE TO SATURATED SOILS AND
RUNOFF.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, HIGHWAYS,
STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BENTON, CHALFANT, TOMS PLACE, CROWLEY LAKE, BENTON HOT SPRINGS,
OASIS, MONTGOMERY PEAK, WHITE MOUNTAIN PEAK, TUFF CAMPGROUND,
FRENCH CAMP CAMPGROUND, GLASS MOUNTAIN, BENTON CROSSING
CAMPGROUND, JUNCTION CA 266 AND NV 264, JUNCTION CA 266 AND CA
168, AND US HIGHWAY 6 FROM INYO COUNTY TO THE NV BORDER.
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.
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 3746 11869 3751 11874 3761 11879 3794 11887
3796 11852 3747 11784
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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