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WGUS45 KLKN 272129
FLWLKN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
229 PM 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 BATTLE MOUNTAIN AFFECTING LANDER COUNTY.
.RECENT RAINFALL COMBINED WITH ONGOING SNOW MELT WILL KEEP RIVER
FLOWS ELEVATED.
FOR THE LOWER HUMBOLDT...INCLUDING BATTLE MOUNTAIN...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.
NVC015-281200-
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/HBMN2.1.ER.240427T1900Z.240501T1600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
229 PM PDT SAT APR 27 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...HUMBOLDT RIVER AT BATTLE MOUNTAIN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, MINOR TO MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING
THROUGHOUT THE REACH. SOME RURAL ROADS NEAR THE RIVER ARE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:15 PM PDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
AND CONTINUE RISING TO 9.9 FEET LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.9 FEET ON 06/10/1980.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4077 11706 4062 11691 4065 11677 4068 11652
4062 11652 4057 11648 4061 11646 4071 11649
4075 11660 4073 11670 4070 11674 4068 11686
4085 11704
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