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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

525 PM PDT TUE AUG 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 630 PM PDT(630 PM MST)



* AT 520 PM PDT(505 PM MST)...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

  OFFICIALS HAVE INDICATED FLOODING FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS 

  NEAR YUCCA VALLEY AND MORONGO BASIN CONTINUES.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES IN A 30 MINUTE PERIOD HAVE

CAUSED WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN THE YUCCA VALLEY AREA. A SPOTTER 

REPORTED THAT A SWIFT WATER RESCUE WAS ONGOING AT 520 PM. ALTHOUGH 

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTH INTO RIVERSIDE COUNTY...THIS FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING IS WITH RESPECT TO THE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING. RESIDENTS 

IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS AND CREEKS TO 

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING 

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3420 11642 3413 11646 3409 11657 3406 11659

      3405 11649 3408 11644 3409 11631 3418 11634



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