River Flood Warning 4, NWS Reno, NV

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WGUS85 KREV 151707
FLSREV
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO, NV 
1007 AM PDT WED JUN 15 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
CALIFORNIA...NEVADA...

     WEST WALKER RIVER NEAR COLEVILLE AFFECTING MONO COUNTY 	
     IN CALIFORNIA...

     WALKER RIVER NEAR MASON AND NEAR WABUSKA AFFECTING 
     LYON COUNTY IN NEVADA... 
  
FOR THE WEST WALKER ABOVE TOPAZ LAKE...INCLUDING WALKER...COLEVILLE
AND TOPAZ CALIFORNIA... AND ALSO FOR THE MAINSTEM WALKER RIVER IN LYON 
COUNTY NEVADA...FROM MASON TO WEBER RESERVOIR...INCLUDING MASON...
YERINGTON AND WABUSKA...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.

WARM WEATHER WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING FOR CONTINUED RAPID 
SNOWMELT. HIGHEST FLOWS WILL BE SEEN TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES PEAK 
TODAY AHEAD OF A TROUGH WHICH WILL COOL TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY. WITH 
COOLER TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND...HIGH FLOWS ON THE WEST WALKER 
RIVER ABOVE TOPAZ RESERVOIR AND THE MAIN STEM WALKER WILL CONTINUE...
THOUGH WILL RECEDE SLIGHTLY FROM THEIR HIGH POINT TONIGHT.

FOR THE WEST WALKER ABOVE TOPAZ RESERVOIR...THE SPRING SNOWMELT WILL
CAUSE THE WEST WALKER TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE END OF THE 
WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGH FLOWS ON THE WEST WALKER RIVER ABOVE 
TOPAZ RESERVOIR. FLOODING OF LOWLANDS...PASTURE AND RURAL ROADS IS 
EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY-WALKER-COLEVILLE CALIFORNIA 
AREA LATE TONIGHT. FLOWS ON THE WEST WALKER ABOVE TOPAZ VARY 
DURING THE DAY DUE TO THE DIURNAL NATURE OF SNOWMELT. HIGHEST FLOWS...
AND GREATEST DEGREE OF FLOODING...OCCUR IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY DURING 
THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. LOWEST FLOWS OCCUR DURING THE MID 
AFTERNOON.    

FOR THE MAINSTEM WALKER...SNOWMELT ON THE WALKER RIVER BASIN HAS 
REQUIRED LARGE RELEASES FROM BRIDGEPORT AND TOPAZ LAKES ON THE EAST 
AND WEST WALKER RIVERS. THESE RELEASES ARE CAUSING THE MAINSTEM 
WALKER RIVER IN THE MASON VALLEY...BETWEEN MASON AND WABUSKA...TO 
REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEK. ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL RISES ARE EXPECTED 
AT THIS TIME UNLESS ADDITIONAL RELEASE FROM UPSTREAM RESERVOIRS BECOMES 
NECESSARY. 

THE HIGHEST FLOWS OF THE MELT SEASON ON THE WEST WALKER AND MAIN STEM
WALKER ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN THURSDAY JUNE 16TH AND SUNDAY JUNE 25TH. 

PEOPLE LIVING OR RECREATING ON THE WEST WALKER RIVER AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES IN THE EASTERN SIERRA OR THE MAINSTEM WALKER SHOULD TAKE 
CARE IN AND NEAR THE WATER. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT DURING THE
SPRING SNOW MELT SEASON...WHEN WATER TEMPERATURES ARE VERY COLD AND 
WATER CAN BE FAST FLOWING AND DEEP.

KEEP INFORMED OF THE CURRENT FLOOD SITUATION BY MONITORING NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

THE NEXT FORECAST UPDATE FOR THESE LOCATIONS WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON JUNE 16TH.


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1007 AM PDT WED JUN 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE WEST WALKER RIVER NEAR COLEVILLE.
* UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 6.1 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 TO 6.5 FEET...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF LOWLANDS
  ...PASTURES AND SOME RURAL ROADS ALONG RIVER FROM WALKER TO TOPAZ LAKE
  ...INCLUDING WALKER/COLEVILLE/TOPAZ CALIFORNIA. APPROXIMATELY 3800 CFS 
  WITH A 1 IN 10 CHANCE OF OCCURRING ANY GIVEN YEAR.

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1007 AM PDT WED JUN 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE WALKER RIVER NEAR MASON.
* UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
  THIS WEEK.
* THIS WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE RIVER FALLS BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE.
* IMPACT...AT 9.5 FEET...FLOOD STAGE: MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING 
  THROUGHOUT MASON VALLEY. ABOUT 1700 CFS.

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1007 AM PDT WED JUN 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE WALKER RIVER NEAR WABUSKA.
* UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET. IT IS EXPECTED
  TO REMAIN NEAR 9.6 FEET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.  
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
  THIS WEEK.
* THIS WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE RIVER FALLS BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE.
* IMPACT...AT 9.5 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING IN THE MASON VALLEY 
  AREA; NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. APPROX. 1500 CFS, ABOUT A 1 IN 5 
  CHANCE ANY YEAR.

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991 
WGUS85 KREV 161822
FLSREV
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO, NV 
1122 AM PDT THU JUN 16 2011
   
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE WEST WALKER RIVER ABOVE TOPAZ LAKE IN CALIFORNIA...

	THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE INCLUDED...WALKER...COLEVILLE AND TOPAZ
	IN MONO COUNTY...
 
NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE WEST WALKER RIVER ABOVE
TOPAZ LAKE IN NORTHERN MONO COUNTY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND THE
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER...HIGH FLOWS DUE TO
SNOWMELT WILL CONTINUE THOUGH NEXT WEEK...WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING
OF THE LOWEST AREAS ALONG THE RIVER POSSIBLE.  

THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES AND GREATEST SNOWMELT SO FAR THIS YEAR
OCCURRED WEDNESDAY OVER THE WALKER RIVER BASIN.  PEAK FLOWS ON THE
WEST WALKER ABOVE TOPAZ OCCURRED THURSDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH NO
FLOODING OCCURRED.  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COOL SOMEWHAT OVER
THE WEEKEND...AND FLOWS ON THE UPPER WEST WALKER ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW FLOOD LEVELS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.  WARMER
TEMPERATURES FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES
LATER NEXT WEEK.  

FLOWS ON THE WEST WALKER ABOVE TOPAZ VARY DURING THE DAY DUE TO THE
DIURNAL NATURE OF SNOWMELT. HIGHEST FLOWS OCCUR IN THE ANTELOPE
VALLEY DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. LOWEST FLOWS
OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON.  

LIVESTOCK AND VALUABLES SHOULD BE MOVED AWAY FROM LOW AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS AS THE SWIFT FLOWS
CAN SWEEP AWAY VEHICLES. KEEP INFORMED OF THE CURRENT SITUATION BY
MONITORING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO ...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS
SOURCE.

PEOPLE LIVING OR RECREATING ALONG RIVERS...STREAMS AND RESERVOIRS IN
THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA SHOULD TAKE CARE IN AND NEAR
THE WATER AT ALL TIMES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT DURING THE
SPRING SNOW MELT SEASON...WHEN WATER TEMPERATURES ARE VERY COLD AND
WATER CAN BE FAST FLOWING AND DEEP.

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1122 AM PDT THU JUN 16 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE WEST WALKER RIVER NEAR COLEVILLE.
* AT 10:30 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 5.9 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 5.8 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. MINOR FLOODING OF LOWLANDS...
  PASTURE & RURAL ROADS. APPROX 3000 CFS. ABOUT 1 IN 7 CHANCE OF
  OCCURRING ANY YEAR.

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