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WGUS75 KVEF 150142

FFSVEF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

642 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2005



NVC023-150345-

NYE NV-

642 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM PDT FOR

EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...



THE PAHRUMP FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS WERE FLOODED 

AROUND THE PAHRUMP VALLEY WITH BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET OF WATER 

MAKING SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE. WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED ACROSS STATE 

ROUTE 160 IN THE CENTER AND NORTH OF PAHRUMP. HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED 

BY 615 BUT SOME AREAS IN THE VALLEY RECEIVED ONE INCH OR MORE OF 

RAINFALL IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF WASHES AND ROADS DURING THE REST OF THE EVENING. MOST FLOOD 

RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER 

COVERED DIPS OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



LAT...LON 3613 11604 3605 11591 3643 11589 3642 11614



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