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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

345 PM PDT SUN JUL 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 530 PM PDT(530 PM MST)



* AT 340 PM PDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO 

  HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY   

  ALONG AND NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 62...INCLUDING TWENTYNINE PALMS. 



TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERE FLASH FLOODING IN 

TWENTYNINE PALMS WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE BEING EVACUATED. 

RAINFALL REPORTS HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ACROSS 

SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS IN AND 

NEAR TWENTYNINE PALMS. NWS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL 

TOTALS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES IN TWENTYNINE PALMS.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3452 11640 3450 11561 3405 11543 3404 11651

      3427 11640



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