Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Aug 15, 1992, 4:31 PM PDT (23:31 UTC)

Expired

Aug 15, 1992, 6:30 PM PDT

In force

119 min

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Whole counties

County Mono County, CA

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TTAA00 KRNO 152331
FFWRNO
CAC051-160130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
431 PM PDT SAT AUG 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CALIFORNIA
 
   ...NORTHERN MONO COUNTY
 
THE SIERRA FRONT INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER REPORTED PARTS OF THE
RISUE CANYON ROAD TO HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
FLASH FLOODING.
 
AT 425 PM PDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING IN THE
WALKER/SONORA JUNCTION AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO
THE NORTHEAST.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
OBSERVED.  PEOPLE NEAR STREAMS AND OTHER DRAINAGES IN THE WARNING
AREA SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY.  ESCAPE RISING WATER BY
CLIMBING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND..NEVER TRY TO OUT RACE A FLOOD
EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR CAR.
 
MOTORISTS ARE AMONG THE LEADING FATALITIES IN FLASH FLOODS. WASHOUTS
AND FLOODED ROADWAYS CAN PUT YOU SUDDENLY INTO LIFE THREATENING
SITUATIONS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES..DIPS..OR LOW SPOTS IF
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT MAY NOT BE INTACT UNDER THE WATER.
ABANDON YOUR CAR IMMEDIATELY IF IT BECOMES STUCK OR STALLS.
 
CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
WARNINGS. WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO..RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.

In the hours before

NVZ-008-009-150500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
402 PM PDT SAT AUG 15 1992

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA...

LAS VEGAS RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTIONS SENSORS SHOWED ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CLARK AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN
SOUTHERN NEVADA.

A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED  A THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF LAS VEGAS AT
345 PM WITH LIGHT RAIN.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTY.

A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL
..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

PEOPLE TRAVELING IN SOUTHERN NEVADA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  STAY OUT OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES OR
OTHER AREAS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING.

REMEMBER..DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER..
MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS TRY CROSSING FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
DODD/2204Z

Flash Flood Warnings in California, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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