[NevadaARES] WeatherNV - Washoe County

[Paul Cavnar]

URBAN & SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE LAKE TAHOE AREA & NE CA.

FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR 
NORTHEAST CA & THE LAKE TAHOE AREA.

A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL STALL 
OVER CNTL CA THIS AFTERNOON.  PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL 
ARE EXPECTED FOR NE CA & THE LAKE TAHOE AREA THIS 
AFTERNOON & TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS.CURRENTLY ABOVE 7500 
FEET.WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH TONIGHT AS TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMS 
INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF THE NEARLY STATIONARY COLD FRONT.  THE 
POTENTIAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MODERATE RAINFALL.COMBINED 
WITH SNOWMELT RUNOFF.MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 
AND STREAMS.& HIGHWAYS & UNDERPASSES THIS AFTERNOON & TONIGHT. 

ADDITIONALLY.COUNTRY ROADS & FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 
AND STREAMS.& OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.WILL POSSIBLY BE SUBJECT 
TO FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON & TONIGHT.

THE SUSAN RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW 
MORNING.  FLOODING OF THE RIVER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THE PRESENT 
TIME.  PERSONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE 
NUISANCE TYPE FLOODING OF CREEKS & STREAMS.BACK ROADS & 
ROADSIDE CULVERTS THIS AFTERNOON & TONIGHT.  THE HEAVY RAINS 
COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK & MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED 
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS 
WARM WINTER STORM.    

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