[NevadaARES] Flash Flood Warning Advisory for Douglas County, NV

[Paul Cavnar]

WGUS65 KREV 311035
FFAREV
NVC021-019-005-CAC003-051-311630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
323 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES 

IN WESTERN NEVADA
    DOUGLAS...MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON

IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA
    MONO AND ALPINE

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS 
FOR HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND 
EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN 
LATER THIS MORNING. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL STRENGTHEN 
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY THIS AFTERNOON.  LOCALLY HEAVY 
SHOWERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DROP OVER ONE-HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 
LESS THAN 15 MINUTES.     

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE 
DISSIPATING OVERNIGHT.  

HIKERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID DRY STREAM BEDS AND WASHES.  STAY 
AWAY FROM NARROW CANYONS WHERE FLOOD WATERS CAN BECOME KILLERS. 
FLASH FLOODS CAN OCCUR MANY MILES FROM THUNDERSTORMS. BE READY TO 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

$$

SG