From the Reno Gazette Journal: With a pair of drenching rainstorms barreling toward the region,
experts warned Thursday of the potential of serious flooding along the
Truckee River in Reno-Sparks come Sunday.
Forecasts
varied in severity throughout the day, but it’s clear that some level
of potentially damaging flooding is possible Sunday in the Sparks
Industrial Area, downtown Reno, Lockwood, Wadsworth and other
flood-vulnerable areas.
“The way it’s shaping up right now, it’s a big one,” said Gary Barbato, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Reno.
Serious
flooding hazards are also anticipated along small creeks and streams
west of U.S. 395 through Reno and Carson City and at Lake Tahoe. Mud- and rockslides are possible in steep terrain and in areas burned by wildfires.Forecasts
issued Thursday night by California-Nevada River Forecast Center said
the Truckee River at Vista Boulevard could peak at just over 19 feet
about 6 p.m. Sunday, 4 feet above flood stage and at sufficiently
serious levels to submerge parts of the Sparks Industrial Area in 4 feet
of water. http://www.rgj.com/article/20121129/NEWS15/121129013/Storms-threaten-damaging-floods-Reno-Sparks-area?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE\
I bet they are wishing it would be snow instead of rain, especially the ski resorts.
Good luck to them and hope the weather people are wrong... again.
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