Silver Strike VII April 9 th 2016

[Pipelayer]

Not trying to be an alarmist, But my wife brought this up. What is this creek bed like during a thunderstorm?

"Always with the negative waves Moriority" lmao

[AlfaBaz]

"Always with the negative waves Moriority" lmao

Donald Sutherland, right?

[CHbeer]

I am thinking bout 4 in the after-noon

Any-way give me a call some-time before than and we can hook-up

925-595-8725

I'm here too I like to go just hoping wife make in time

[nvracer]

"Always with the negative waves Moriority" lmao

Lol, Your not helping me convince her to come along. Our oldest lives in Utah and the rule there is stay out of canyons when thunderstorms are in the area. She's abit nervous about flash floods not rain.

[Pipelayer]

Donald Sutherland, right?

You got it Barry.... Kelly's Heroes... Lol

[Pipelayer]

Lol, Your not helping me convince her to come along. Our oldest lives in Utah and the rule there is stay out of canyons when thunderstorms are in the area. She's abit nervous about flash floods not rain.

Just tell her that it's a lot safer than sky diving..

[Fallabama]

Lol, Your not helping me convince her to come along. Our oldest lives in Utah and the rule there is stay out of canyons when thunderstorms are in the area. She's abit nervous about flash floods not rain.

You got me interested because I've always felt it's best to respect the potential power of water, and I had the thought of sitting at a creek crossing for a few hours waiting for water levels to go down, so I did some googling. Check out this map from from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It's flash flood guidance. It doesn't include our region, but a quick look at the guidance will bring some perspective.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/rfcshare/ffg...ate&duration=1

Tomorrow the highest forecast I've seen is up in Tahoe at a projected 0.5 inches of water for the whole day. The cities surrounding our ride are in the 0.45 to 0.3 ballpark, for the whole day. Set the guidance map to 1 Hour Flash Flood Guidance and then look at the bottom of the scale. All the purple places on the map where 0.6" of rain falls in 1 hour have the potential for a flash flood. Notice how you don't see any purple on the map. We expect less than 0.6 over the entire day. I'm guessing it's no problem.

[Desert900]

Weather Underground (Wunderground) has an app called 'Storm' that has a flood warning selection as one of it's layer options. No flash flood warnings indicated.

[Pipelayer]

Weather Underground (Wunderground) has an app called 'Storm' that has a flood warning selection as one of it's layer options. No flash flood warnings indicated.

Manny, you have been on this trail. Are you worried about it?

[EPL]

I'm in Reno , see everyone in the morning.