Expires:201103212025;;605131 FGUS85 KREV 202026 RVSREV HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SEVICE RENO NV 126 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...RIVER STATEMENT... FOR THE WEST WALKER ABOVE TOPAZ LAKE... THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE INCLUDED... COLEVILLE. FOR THE WEST WALKER BELOW TOPAZ LAKE... THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE INCLUDED... WELLINGTON. FOR THE EAST WALKER RIVER... THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE INCLUDED... BELOW BRIDGEPORT RESERVOIR...ABOVE STROSNIDER DITCH NEAR MASON. FOR THE MAINSTEM WALKER RIVER... THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE INCLUDED... MASON...WABUSKA...SCHURZ. HEAVY RAIN AND SNOWMELT IN THE MID ELEVATIONS OF THE WALKER RIVER BASIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE CAUSED INCREASED RUNOFF AND HAS REQUIRED INCREASED RELEASES FROM TOPAZ...BRIDGEPORT AND WEBER RESERVOIRS. THESE INCREASED RELEASES ARE NEEDED TO DRAW THE RESERVOIRS DOWN IN PREPARATION FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWMELT RUNOFF EXPECTED LATER THIS SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER. SOME VERY MINOR FLOODING OF LOWLANDS IS POSSIBLE ON THE MAINSTEM WALKER RIVER IN THE LOWEST PORTIONS OF THE MASON VALLEY...BETWEEN MASON AND WABUSKA...OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE WALKER BASIN...INCLUDING THE EAST WALKER RIVER...WEST WALKER RIVER...OR ON THE MAINSTEM WALKER RIVER BELOW WEBER DAM IN THE SCHURZ AREA. PEOPLE ENJOYING AREA RIVERS...STREAMS AND RESERVOIRS SHOULD TAKE SPECIAL CARE NEAR WATER AT ALL TIMES. WATER TEMPERATURES ARE VERY COLD AND CAN BE FAST FLOWING AND DEEP. ALTHOUGH NO FLOODING IS FORECAST AT THIS TIME...BE AWARE OF HEAVY RAIN UPSTREAM OF YOUR LOCATIONS WHICH COULD CAUSE RAPID RIVER RISES. BE PREPARED TO MOVE VALUABLES AWAY FROM AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING IN THE EVENT OF RIVER RISE ABOVE WHAT IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS AS RUSHING WATER CAN EASILY SWEEP A CAR AWAY. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED MONDAY AFTERNOON. NVC021-212025- /O.ROU.KREV.HY.S.0000.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /WSIN2.N.UU.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 126 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011 FORECAST INFORMATION FOR WALKER RIVER NEAR SCHURZ. * AT 12:15 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET. $$