A strong, warm atmospheric river headed our way has triggered a series of flood watches and warnings for western Nevada and the Lake Tahoe-area into the weekend. The National Weather service issued a flood warning effective Saturday morning to early Sunday for the Truckee River in Reno and Sparks, as well as further downstream in Storey County. Warnings also are in effect at Truckee, California, where Lake Tahoe empties into the Truckee River, and for the Carson River south of Carson City. As much as 4 inches of rain is forecast in the upper elevations, with up to 2.5 inches at Tahoe and an inch in the valleys.
If you need sandbags, there are numerous locations to pick them.
• Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Station #223, 130 Nectar St., Lemmon Valley
• Lemmon Drive and Pompe Way intersection, Lemmon Valley
• Blue Heron Circle and Warrior Lane intersection, Belli Ranch
• Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Station #30, 3905 Old Hwy 395, Washoe Valley
• Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Station #16, 1240 Eastlake Blvd, Washoe Valley
• Washoe County Operations Yard, 3101 Longley Lane, Reno
• Highland Ranch Parkway, one mile west of Pyramid Hwy, Sparks
• Andrew Lane and Paddlewheel Lane intersection, Pleasant Valley
RENO:
* Public Works Corporation Yard at 1640 E Commercial Row. Monday – Friday 7 AM to 4 PM
* Old Moana Swimming Pool location at 240 W. Moana Lane – Open 24 Hours
* Nevada Peace Officers Memorial at Idlewild Park at 2055 Idlewild Drive – Open 24 Hours
* Near the intersection of Moya Blvd and Resource Drive – Open 24 Hours
Take your own shovel. There are stacks of empty bags and piles of sand in each location.
The city has limited quantities of pre-filled bags for those with disabilities at the Corporation Yard location.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
Sheridan Fire Station
980 Sheridan Lane
Sand is located behind the station in the upper parking area
Genoa Fire Station
2298 Main Street
Sand is located behind the station in the upper parking area
Jacks Valley Fire Station
3450 Jacks Valley Road
Sand is located in the front parking lot, east side of station
Johnson Lane Fire Station
1450 Stephanie Lane
Sand is located in parking lot, west side of station
Fish Springs Fire Station
2249 Fish Springs Road
Sand is located in parking lot rear of building
Ruhenstroth Fire Station
2008 Pinto Circle
Sand is located in lower parking lot, west side of building
Topaz Ranch Estates Community Center
4001 Carter Drive
Sand is located in front parking lot
Fire District Warehouse
941 Mitch Drive
Sand is located front parking lot, north side
Zephyr Cover Park
Hwy 50 and Warrior Way
Sand is located at the upper parking lot
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE: The City of South Lake Tahoe would like to remind residents that sand bags are available at no cost year-round. Sand and sand bags are available at the City’s Public Works Yard at 1160 Rufus Allen Blvd. as well as South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue Station #3 at 2101 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
To pick-up your sand bags, proceed through the gate at 1160 Rufus Allen Blvd. and drive to the back of the lot. At the back of the lot is a large sand mound, shovels and bags. Residents fill their own bags and transport back to their own residence. Please leave the shovels so that other residents may use and try to limit the number of bags to 10 per visit.
Access to sand bags is available during normal business hours, Monday-Friday 7:30am-4pm.
LYON COUNTY: Based upon projected weather forecast for this weekend Lyon County has implemented self-fill sand bag locations in Central Lyon County.
Locations are as follows:
Lyon County will monitor these locations and will stock them with more supplies as needed. Currently each location has 8+ tons of sand and 2 bundles of sandbags (1000 bags).
56 Red Rock Rd, Mound House (Fire Station)
Dayton Toll Rd, Silver City at the Y (HWY 341 and HWY 342)
200 Lakes Blvd, Dayton (front gate)
460 Dayton Valley Rd, Dayton (Fire Station)
404 Keystone Ave, Mark Twain (Utilities Building)
