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WGUS55 KLKN 131920
FFWLKN
NVC015-132215-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1220 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE NEW PASS BURN SCAR IN...
SOUTHWESTERN LANDER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
* UNTIL 315 PM PDT.
* AT 1220 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEW PASS BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.4 AND 0.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN
1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW.
THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION, AND OTHER
LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND
THE NEW PASS BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE NEW PASS BURN
SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN LANDER COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS, ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES, MUDSLIDES, AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.
LAT...LON 3974 11749 3972 11745 3971 11748 3969 11746
3969 11743 3968 11743 3968 11746 3963 11743
3966 11741 3966 11737 3962 11737 3960 11739
3961 11742 3957 11743 3958 11746 3957 11748
3963 11747 3963 11745 3965 11745 3964 11748
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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