SIERRA CA-NEVADA CA-PLACER CA-WASHOE NV-DOUGLAS NV-CARSON CITY NV- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NEVADA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PLACER COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... SOUTHEASTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VERDI... WESTERN CARSON CITY IN WESTERN NEVADA... NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... SOUTHWESTERN WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INCLINE VILLAGE... * UNTIL 830 PM PDT * AT 559 PM PDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE TAHOE BASIN AND EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA INCLUDING FOOTHILLS WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 NEAR THE RENO AND CARSON CITY AREAS. THERE WAS A PUBLIC REPORT OF WATER OVERFLOWING THE BANKS IN PLEASANT VALLEY. * AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS TO SHOWERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&
Instruction:
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER... CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAST AND DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION ROCK...MUD AND SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER MAY COVER SOME ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 50 WEST OF CARSON CITY...MT ROSE HIGHWAY AND I-80 BETWEEN VERDI AND TRUCKEE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
Affected Counties or parts of: Placer, Nevada, Sierra
Sent: 2010-10-24T18:11:57-07:00
Original Sender: KREV@nwws.oes.ca.gov
From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
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