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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

445 PM PST MON FEB 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA



* UNTIL 745 PM PST



* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL HAS BEEN DECREASING OVER

  NORTHWEST LAS VEGAS DURING THE PAST HOUR. HOWEVER...BETWEEN TWO    

  AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY NEAR LONE       

  MOUNTAIN AND THE SPRING MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS LYING TO THE WEST. 

  

  RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING UNTIL 

  745 PM PST. THE WORST FLOODING IS BOUNDED BY CHEYENNE AVENUE       

  ON THE SOUTH AND DECATUR BLVD. ON THE EAST. LOCAL                  

  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BARRICADED MANY ROADS BETWEEN       

  FORT APACHE AND BUFFALO ALONG GOWAN AND ALEXANDER ROADS DOWNSTREAM 

  OF THE LONE MOUNTAIN DETENTION BASIN. OTHER TROUBLE SPOTS          

  REPORTED HAVE BEEN ALONG DURANGO NEAR EL CAPITAN. 





REMEMBER AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT 

FOR THE REMAINDER OF CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM TUESDAY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3620 11542 3620 11523 3632 11522 3633 11532



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