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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

408 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005



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SAN BERNARDINO CA-

408 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM PDT FOR NORTH 

CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...



AT 408 PM PDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO FORM OVER THE MOJAVE NATIONAL 

PRESERVE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF 

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT BETWEEN 4 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE NOW FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.



EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STAFF REPORTED 

FLOODING ALONG BOTH CIMA AND MORNING STAR ROADS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 

15 AND CIMA. THIS FLOODING HAS LIKELY INTENSIFIED AS RAINFALL AND 

RUNOFF HAVE CONTINUED. SMALLER ROADS ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING 

FLOODING AS WELL. 



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3505 11576 3497 11520 3548 11524 3555 11579



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