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AZC015-CAC071-020730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

1029 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA

  EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 1230 AM PDT (1230 AM MST)



* THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING SUPERSEDES THE URBAN AND SMALL

  STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE MOHAVE VALLEY

  ...GOLDEN VALLEY...KINGMAN AND THE NEEDLES HIGHWAY BETWEEN

  LAUGHLIN AND NEEDLES.



* AT 1017 PM PDT(1017 PM MST)...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS      

  REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM IN MOHAVE VALLEY.

  SEVERAL HOMES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OFF THEIR FOUNDATION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.



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 3493 11475 3474 11443 3499 11412 3520 11390

      3545 11397 3534 11431 3503 11460 3507 11486



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