[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Flash Flood Warning - Lassen Co.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL LASSEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 615 PM PDT  * AT 301 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  FLASH FLOODING FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT  20 MILES SOUTH OF BEIBER OR 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PITTVILLE. * DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF  RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA WITH UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

Instruction:
 MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO  AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. JUST A FEW INCHES OF FAST FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.  FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE  YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS... RIVERS... OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME  KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

Affected Counties or parts of: Lassen

Sent: 2010-07-26T15:12:56-07:00

Original Sender: KREV@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

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