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WGUS85 KREV 291652
FLSREV
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
952 AM PDT MON MAY 29 2023
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEVADA...
WALKER RIVER NEAR MASON AT SNYDER LANE AFFECTING LYON COUNTY.
.MILD TEMPERATURES AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED
SNOWMELT AND SUBSEQUENT FLOODING ALONG THE MAINSTEM OF THE WALKER
RIVER. IMPACTS WILL LIKELY BE PROLONGED, SO FOLLOW ADVICE FROM YOUR
LOCAL OFFICIALS.
FOR THE MAINSTEM WALKER RIVER...INCLUDING MASON AT SNYDER LANE...
MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.CNRFC.NOAA.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM PDT.
NVC019-301700-
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952 AM PDT MON MAY 29 2023
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING WITH THE FORECAST
OSCILLATING BETWEEN MINOR AND MODERATE STAGE THROUGH THE WEEK.
* WHERE...WALKER RIVER NEAR MASON AT SNYDER LANE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING OF LOWLANDS, PASTURE AND
FARMLAND ADJACENT TO RIVER THROUGHOUT MASON VALLEY-YERINGTON AREA.
SEVERAL RURAL AND SOME SECONDARY PUBLIC ROADS FLOOD. YARDS AND
BASEMENTS OF LOWEST HOMES ADJACENT TO THE RIVER IN MASON AND
YERINGTON BEGIN FLOODING. PREVENTATIVE SANDBAGGING IS NECESSARY.
POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO IRRIGATION STRUCTURES AND LEVEES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:20 AM PDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:20 AM PDT MONDAY WAS 11.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN NEAR MODERATE FLOOD STAGE
(11.0 FEET).
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.8 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3889 11916 3889 11919 3895 11920 3913 11920
3917 11906 3913 11898 3912 11894 3908 11890
3907 11890 3910 11895 3911 11899 3914 11903
3915 11907 3913 11911 3902 11910
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