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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO NEVADA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SNOWMELT IN...
SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEVADA...

* UNTIL 130 PM PDT WEDNESDAY.

* AT 0950 AM PDT, LAMOILLE CREEK WAS IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE AT 4.80
FEET AFTER PEAKING AT 5.06 FEET SUNDAY EVENING.  THIS IS LOWER
THAN SATURDAY EVENING'S PEAK OF 5.26, WHICH IS LIKELY DUE TO A
DROP IN HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY COMPARED TO SATURDAY IN THE
RUBY MOUNTAINS.  THE CREEK BOTTOMED OFF HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS
THIS MORNING AT 4.80 FEET (4.68 FEET SUNDAY MORNING), SO EXPECT A
HIGHER PEAK TODAY AROUND 5.20 TO 5.25 FEET.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL
KEEP BASIN TEMPERATURES SIMILAR TO SUNDAY'S.

* MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...THE TOWN
OF LAMOILLE NEAR LAMOILLE CREEK AND ASSOCIATED DIVERSION CANALS IN
THE LAMOILLE AREA.

* IMPACT...AT 4.8 FEET...FLOOD STAGE AT THE POWERHOUSE GAGE LOCATION
IN LAMOILLE CANYON. MINOR FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN THE TOWN OF
LAMOILLE. WATER CAN SEEP INTO BASEMENTS NEAR THE RIVER.

* IMPACT...AT 5.5 FEET...THIS IS MODERATE FLOOD. THE CREEK IN
LAMOILLE APPROACHES THE LEVEL OF THE BRIDGE. THE FLOW IS EXTREMELY
STRONG AND WILL CARRY AWAY ANY PERSON FALLING INTO THE CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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...FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE HUMBOLDT RIVER AT CARLIN.  WITH STEADY OUTPUT FROM SOUTH FORK, EXPECT THE RIVER TO REMAIN IN THE MODERATE FLOOD STAGE AT 7.7 FEET BEFORE LOWERING BACK INTO MINOR FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW...

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE HUMBOLDT RIVER ABOVE CARLIN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 11:15 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.



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