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Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of July 8, 2015 and beyond.

Wednesday brings another chance of slow moving thunderstorms expected to develop again over the Sierra and western Nevada, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Flash Flood Watch for the region until midnight.

The Flash Flood Warning for the Carson City and Dayton areas has expired. A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 9 p.m. tonight.
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A Flash Flood Warning is in effect until 4 p.m. for Carson City, north central Douglas County and Lyon County. This includes Dayton, Johnson Lane, Indian Hills, the Carson City Airport, Stewart Indian School, Highway 50 through Carson City and Dayton, Rawe Peak and Dayton Valley Airpark, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

UPDATE 7PM: A Flash Flood Warning for Carson City was lifted as of 6:30PM. The area is still under a Flash Flood Watch until 9 p.m. A large portion of Douglas County remains under a Flash Flood Warning until 8 p.m. according to a forecaster at the National Weather Service in Reno.
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The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Carson City, northwestern Douglas County, Alpine County until 8 p.m.

At 4:58 p.m. Doppler radar indicated a thunderstorm producing torrential rainfall moving north from Carson Valley into Carson City. Flash flooding is expected to occur. Excessive rainfall over the warned area may cause mud slides near steep terrain and along Highway 395.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Central Douglas County, Northwestern Lyon and Storey counties until 6:30 p.m. Monday.

At 3:30 p.m. Doppler radar indicated a thunderstorm producing torrential rainfall about 10 miles southeast of Gardnerville. Flash flooding is expected to occur. Excessive rainfall over the warned area may cause mud slides near steep terrain along Highway 395 and near Gardnerville Ranchos.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch today for much of western Nevada, including Carson City, Carson Valley, Lake Tahoe and Dayton areas. Abundant low to mid level moisture from sustained south-southeast flow will combine with daytime heating to produce thunderstorms throughout throughout the region.

Cooler summer weather along with isolated to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected throughout the week for the Sierra and Carson City region as low pressure off the California coast continues to pull moisture north into the Great Basin, according to the National Weather Service.

The Washington Fire in Alpine County, which began June 19 as a lightning strike and briefly threatened the town of Markleeville, is 94 percent contained with full containment expected soon, fire officials said.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch through 8 p.m. for much of Western Nevada, Carson City and Lake Tahoe region.

Moist and unstable conditions will allow showers and thunderstorms to develop this morning and continue through the evening hours. A few strong thunderstorms may develop and produce torrential rainfall. Those heading outdoors today should have a plan to quickly return to sheltered locations if a thunderstorm develops, according to the weather service.

UPDATE 540PM: The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for North Central Douglas County until 6:45 p.m. Go here for the latest on the warning.

UPDATE 6:10PM: A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for South Central Washoe County, Northwestern Lyon County and Storey County until 9 p.m. At 5:58 PM Doppler radar indicated a thunderstorm producing heavy rain across the area. A flash Flood is expected within the areas.
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Another series of strong thunderstorms have developed south of Carson City along the Eastern Sierra and Highway 395 corridor this afternoon and appear to be pushing northward, bringing heavy rain and the potential for flooding, a National Weather Service forecaster said.

UPDATE 5:15PM Flash Flood warning lifted for northeast Douglas County; Flash Flood Warning for South Central Lyon County until 7:45PM.
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The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Flash Flood Warning until 7 p.m. for Central Lyon County and Northeastern Douglas County.

A big warm up will once again take place this week with high temperatures in the 95-110 degree range in western Nevada and in the 85-95 degree range in the Sierra Tuesday through Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

NV Energy was able to restore power to much of Carson City and Douglas County overnight, following severe thunderstorms around the region with strikes and surges affecting transformers and stations.

As of 11 this morning there was one outage affecting 8 customers in Carson City and four outages affecting 20 customers in Douglas County. Nearly 12,000 customers were affected Saturday.

Hot weather with lightning is expected to continue again Sunday for much of Western Nevada and Sierra, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for western Carson City, Minden, Gardnerville, the Carson Valley and Lake Tahoe. The warning is through at least 6:15 p.m. and extends through the Carson Range.
It is expected to impact the east side of Lake Tahoe and into Carson City and Carson Valley. Wind gusts to 60 mph, penny sized hail and heavy rain are possible with this storm, according to the weather service.

UPDATE: A report at 4:33 p.m. from Carson City Fire department is that a single tree was smoking, presumably from a lightning strike, and that it doesn't appear to be spreading.
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UPDATE 4:22PM: According to Carson City dispatch the fire started by a lightning strike around the Prison Hill area. It is not spreading and local resources have been assigned to it.
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A brush fire was reported this afternoon near the Nevada National Guard complex, in the 2600 block of Fairview. Carson City fire crews are responding.

GARDNERVILLE, Nev. — The Washington Fire, located 3 miles south of Markleeville, California has burned 17,622 acres and is 29 percent contained as of Saturday morning. The primary objective of suppression efforts remains the protection of the community of Markleeville.

Thunderstorms are forecasted that could bring stronger winds and lightning, which could hamper firefighter’s efforts.

UPDATE 2:20PM: The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning from 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday for much of eastern Sierra and western Nevada in anticipation of thunderstorms and strong outflow winds.
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As record temperatures are anticipated for the region this weekend, moisture will begin to filter across the Sierra with isolated thunderstorms possible as early as Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. Strong outflow winds and dry lightning strikes are possible with these storms Friday and Saturday.

The National Weather Service advises that it is highly confident of a potentially historic heat wave beginning Thursday through at least Sunday, June 28. Residents and visitors can expect temperatures to reach high temperatures from 100 to 107, with the potential to tie or break all-time record highs throughout the region.

UPDATE 10AM TUESDAY: Washington Fire swells to 16,544 acres. Crews are working to construct a containment line south of Highway 89 and north of Highway 4 to prevent the fire from spreading toward Markleeville. Smoke continues to waft into Carson Valley and Carson City.
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GARDNERVILLE, Nev. — UPDATE 5 a.m., Tuesday, June 23: Smoke from the Washington Fire in Alpine County drifted over Carson Valley early Tuesday morning, plunging air quality into the “very unhealthy” range, according to the Nevada Division of Environmental protection.

UPDATE: Washington Fire near Markleeville in Alpine County, Calif., grows to nearly 15,000 acres, zero percent containment. Go here for updated story.
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A Dense Smoke Advisory until 5 a.m. Monday morning has been issued by the National Weather Service due to smoke from the Washington Fire burning south of Markleeville in Alpine County, Calif. As of 4:30 Sunday afternoon the fire had burned 6,500 acres.

UPDATE 7:30PM: The Washington Fire burning in Alpine County, south of Markleeville has burned 6,500 acres, according to the latest from Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center.

Gusty winds and very dry conditions Sunday has prompted a Red Flag Warning from the National Weather Service for much of Western Nevada and the Lake Tahoe Basin.

A very dry airmass will persist this weekend with poor nighttime recoveries ahead of a trough that will brush the area Sunday. The trough will bring increasing afternoon and evening winds and critical fire weather conditions Sunday, according to the weather service.

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A wetter than average spring hasn't dented four years of drought, with fire agencies ramping up in preparation of summer fire season in the Sierra, Pine Nut Mountains and on public land throughout Nevada.

The Bureau of Land Management Carson City District, U.S. Forest Service and the Nevada Division of Forestry warn of the dangers looming this season, with temperatures climbing and tinder dry conditions on the ground and in the forests.

The National Weather Service is tracking a line of thunderstorms that are moving south. The storms extend from the California state line to east of Fallon.
There’s an Urban and Stream Flood Advisory until 10:45 p.m. for the following areas: Southern Washoe County, North Central Lyon County, Northwestern Churchill County and Storey County. This may change if the storm continues on its southerly path.
Heavy rain was being reported at 9:30 p.m. from Silver Springs to Fallon, according to the weather service.

UPDATE: From Douglas County's Facebook page:
Douglas County Emergency Management responded to flash flooding in the Ruhenstroth, Fish Springs, East Valley and Pine Nut areas after receiving several calls on Flash Flooding and heavy rainfall.

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