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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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posted on
02/21/2017 2:13:36 PM PST
by
ColdOne
To: ColdOne
What? Nevada?? I thought CA was the one getting hammered.
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posted on
02/21/2017 2:14:20 PM PST
by
WKUHilltopper
(WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
To: ColdOne
Good thing California is in a permanent drought or things could get serious.
L
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posted on
02/21/2017 2:14:26 PM PST
by
Lurker
(America burned the witch.)
To: ColdOne
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posted on
02/21/2017 2:15:01 PM PST
by
sagar
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!???
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posted on
02/21/2017 2:15:20 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: WKUHilltopper
Well, they do share a long border and all that rain and snow was headed inland.
To: WKUHilltopper
Reno has had 125% of average rainfall/precip in this year already.
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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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posted on
02/21/2017 2:16:59 PM PST
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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.
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posted on
02/21/2017 2:17:10 PM PST
by
InterceptPoint
(Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
To: ColdOne
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posted on
02/21/2017 2:17:19 PM PST
by
RedWulf
(TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP!)
To: ColdOne
Hope it floods Harry Reids property...
To: ColdOne
Hope it floods Harry Reids property...
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.
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posted on
02/21/2017 2:18:27 PM PST
by
Celerity
To: DannyTN
two to four feet of water heading towards 50k
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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)
To: RedWulf
Retention pond break, not DAM
To: ColdOne
There are still going to be idiots who will ignore the order
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posted on
02/21/2017 2:20:37 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country.)
To: ColdOne
Why is a Dayton, Ohio local radio station bulletining a Nevada dam break?
?
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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.")
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!!!
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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)
To: WKUHilltopper
Czech your Sierra Nevada geography privilege.....
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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.)
To: ColdOne
How may living in the danger area? Will the US taxpayer be billed for resulting losses?
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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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