Rccrwlr
New member
Hope all of the members in this area are doing ok. Sounds like this area is now a mud bog. Be careful out there as it looks like there is a flash flood warning again today.
Flash flood warning until 9pm
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT TODAY THROUGH 9 PMPDT THIS EVENING
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND
WESTERN NEVADA
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN EAST CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA AND MONO COUNTY. IN WESTERN
NEVADA
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN
AREA AND MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES.
* FROM NOON PDT TODAY THROUGH 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE SIERRA AND FAR WESTERN
NEVADA WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THESE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS COULD
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS
WHERE RECENT RAINS HAVE LEFT SOILS NEARLY SATURATED
AREAS OF
STEEP TERRAIN
AND NEAR BURN SCARS FROM RECENT WILDFIRES.
* LOCAL ROADS COULD BE IMPACTED BY FLOODING
DEBRIS FLOWS AND
ROCK SLIDES MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.