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WGUS45 KLKN 271659
FLWLKN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
959 AM PDT SAT APR 27 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO NV HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEVADA...
HUMBOLDT RIVER AT COMUS AFFECTING HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
FOR THE LOWER HUMBOLDT...INCLUDING COMUS...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 LATE TONIGHT AT 500 AM PDT.
NVC013-281200-
/O.NEW.KLKN.FL.W.0008.240427T1659Z-000000T0000Z/
/CMSN2.1.ER.240427T1422Z.240502T0400Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
959 AM PDT SAT APR 27 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...HUMBOLDT RIVER AT COMUS.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, MINOR TO MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING
THROUGHOUT THE REACH. SOME RURAL ROADS NEAR THE RIVER BEGIN TO
FLOOD. VERY MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN WINNEMUCCA WITH STORM DRAIN
BACKUPS, AND THE LOWEST PARTS OF TOWN BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 AM PDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:15 AM PDT SATURDAY WAS 9.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO 10.2 FEET LATE
WEDNESDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
10.2 FEET ON 06/21/1997.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4093 11775 4100 11765 4093 11749 4095 11739
4093 11728 4084 11719 4074 11704 4085 11703
4100 11722 4103 11734 4098 11744 4105 11762
4104 11770 4098 11776 4091 11800 4086 11800
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