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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
157 PM PST FRI JAN 31 2025
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LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE
AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TAHOE CITY, PORTOLA, SUSANVILLE, TRUCKEE,
MARKLEEVILLE, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, GLENBROOK, INCLINE VILLAGE,
WESTWOOD, STATELINE, LOYALTON, AND SIERRAVILLE
157 PM PST FRI JAN 31 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA AND LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA
COUNTIES AND WESTERN NEVADA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA, GREATER
LAKE TAHOE AREA.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND
POTENTIAL FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS AND STREAMS, AS WELL AS POOR
DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. MINOR MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING IS
CURRENTLY FORECAST ALONG THE SUSAN RIVER AT SUSANVILLE AND MIDDLE
FORK OF THE FEATHER RIVERS NEAR PORTOLA. OTHER RIVERS IN THE AREA
ARE FORECAST TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO
EXCEED FLOOD STAGES. RECENT BURN AREAS INCLUDING THE DAVIS IN
WASHOE COUNTY, THE BEAR IN SIERRA COUNTY, AND THE MILL IN PLUMAS
COUNTY, ARE PRONE TO INCREASED RUNOFF AND TRANSPORT OF SEDIMENT.
SEDIMENT FROM BURNS MAY PLUG DRAINAGES AND RESULT IN FLOODING IN
UNEXPECTED AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
CHECK FOR RIVER FOREAST UPDATES AT CNRFC.NOAA.GOV
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
MRC
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