THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... THIS INCLUDES DOG VALLEY AND STAMPEDE RESERVOIR... * UNTIL 615 PM PDT * AT 408 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY...FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING...RAINS FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST AND NORTHEAST OF STAMPEDE RESERVOIR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOG VALLEY STAMPEDE RESERVOIR AND AND INTERSTATE 80 NEAR FARAD. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR IN THE HILLY TERRAIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN THE LAST WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE.
Instruction:
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. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
Affected Counties or parts of: Nevada, Sierra
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