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NWS cancels flash flood warning for area around Nevada dam
Dayton Ohio's whio.com ^ | 2/21/17 | Dayton Ohio's whio.com staff

Posted on 02/21/2017 2:13:36 PM PST by ColdOne

The National Weather Service in Reno, Nevada is warning of an "imminent" dam break about 85 miles northeast of the Reno-Lake Tahoe area.

The NWS is urging people to evacuate immediately.

URGENT: Retention basin above East Dayton, NV failing! FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 6:40PM. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. #NVWx #DamFailure pic.twitter.com/frXe8qhyI5 — NWS Reno (@NWSReno) February 21, 2017

The area was already dealing with a Winter Storm Warni

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TOPICS: US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: dams; evacuate; evacuation; nevada; reno
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1 posted on 02/21/2017 2:13:36 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

What? Nevada?? I thought CA was the one getting hammered.


2 posted on 02/21/2017 2:14:20 PM PST by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: ColdOne

Good thing California is in a permanent drought or things could get serious.

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3 posted on 02/21/2017 2:14:26 PM PST by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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To: ColdOne

Fake or real?


4 posted on 02/21/2017 2:15:01 PM PST by sagar
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To: ColdOne

I always thought flash floods were little floods that popped up due to huge amounts of rain.

Shouldn’t this be YUGE Flood, run for your lives!???


5 posted on 02/21/2017 2:15:20 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: WKUHilltopper

Well, they do share a long border and all that rain and snow was headed inland.


6 posted on 02/21/2017 2:16:11 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: WKUHilltopper

Reno has had 125% of average rainfall/precip in this year already.


7 posted on 02/21/2017 2:16:37 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("It's a war against humanity!" Donald J. Trump)
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http://carsonnow.org/story/02/21/2017/lyon-county-manager-potential-flooding-next-few-hours-area-dayton-valley-road


8 posted on 02/21/2017 2:16:59 PM PST by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Lurker

Are you sure about the permanent California drought? Climate Change Mythology is very flexible. It can mean drought or flood depending on the need. Time to check your sources.


9 posted on 02/21/2017 2:17:10 PM PST by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
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To: ColdOne

Get out quick guys!


10 posted on 02/21/2017 2:17:19 PM PST by RedWulf (TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP!)
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To: ColdOne

Hope it floods Harry Reids property...


11 posted on 02/21/2017 2:17:54 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: ColdOne

Hope it floods Harry Reids property...


12 posted on 02/21/2017 2:17:57 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: ColdOne

Wow, I’m glad we finally have a team in the white house who is finally going to fix this. We literally couldn’t go another 4 years without it.

Remember “Shovel Ready” jobs in 2009? Yeah, neither does anyone else.


13 posted on 02/21/2017 2:18:27 PM PST by Celerity
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To: DannyTN

two to four feet of water heading towards 50k


14 posted on 02/21/2017 2:18:51 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper cbrust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: RedWulf

Retention pond break, not DAM


15 posted on 02/21/2017 2:19:00 PM PST by jennychase
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To: ColdOne

There are still going to be idiots who will ignore the order


16 posted on 02/21/2017 2:20:37 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: ColdOne

Why is a Dayton, Ohio local radio station bulletining a Nevada dam break?

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17 posted on 02/21/2017 2:20:49 PM PST by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: ColdOne

Trace Gallagher of FOX News said that some parts of the Sierra Nevada in California have gotten 45 FEET of snow so far, and there’s lots more to come! YIKES!!!


18 posted on 02/21/2017 2:21:00 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Czech your Sierra Nevada geography privilege.....


19 posted on 02/21/2017 2:21:26 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: ColdOne

How may living in the danger area? Will the US taxpayer be billed for resulting losses?


20 posted on 02/21/2017 2:22:22 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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