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WGUS85 KLKN 150132
FLSLKN
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
632 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2026
NVC015-150430-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LANDER NV-
632 PM PDT TUE JUL 14 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM PDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, LANDER.
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. DANGEROUS FLOWS
OVER LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME
IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 632 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING. BETWEEN
0.9 AND 1.3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SMITH CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN LANDER COUNTY
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3935 11743 3939 11768 3943 11766 3943 11764
3945 11764 3946 11764 3948 11763 3950 11759
3952 11759 3953 11753 3954 11752 3953 11750
3954 11749 3951 11741
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