KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe News Weather, Video - High Wind Warning, Flash Flood Watch for Washoe & Caughlin Burn Areas

From the National Weather Service:

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM THIS EVENING.  

* TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON... THEN INCREASE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN FOOTHILLS AND WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 395. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 70 MPH THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS: MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS ACROSS HIGHWAY 395.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR: 

* THE WASHOE DRIVE AND CAUGHLIN FIRE BURN AREAS... FLASH FLOODING IS VERY UNLIKELY TO OCCUR OUTSIDE OF THE BURN AREAS.

* FROM 7 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. 

* HEAVY RAIN ALONG A COLD FRONT WILL OCCUR FROM RENO SOUTH TO CARSON CITY. RAINFALL RATES UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS FALLING BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 AM. 

* THE CAUGHLIN FIRE AND WASHOE DRIVE FIRE ARE VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS WHICH COULD IMPACT ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN AND NEAR THE BURN AREAS. 

* OUTSIDE OF THE BURN AREAS FLASH FLOODING IS VERY UNLIKELY TO OCCUR. HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS FROM RENO... CARSON CITY AND DOUGLAS COUNTY.