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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

524 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 730 PM PDT



* AT 520 PM PDT...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STAFF REPORTED THAT 

SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING WAS CONTINUING TO OCCUR OVER THE MOJAVE 

NATIONAL PRESERVE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT MUCH OF WARNING AREA 

HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL. ISOLATED AREAS MAY 

HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE 

TO DEVELOP OVER THIS AREA...WHICH IS AGGRAVATING FLOODING AND RUNOFF 

THAT BEGAN EARLIER. RUNNING WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER CIMA AND 

MORNING STAR ROADS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 15 AND CIMA. ADDITIONAL 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF HOLE IN 

THE WALL. MANY OTHER ROADS IN THE PRESERVE ARE LIKELY FLOODED.



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 3492 11604 3495 11513 3550 11521 3555 11579

      3527 11590 3510 11620



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