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WGUS55 KVEF 181221

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CAC071-181515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

518 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 815 AM PDT



* AT 511 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL SAN                 

  BERNARDINO COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. FLOODING OF THE

  MITCHELL CAVERNS AND WINDING STAIR CAVERNS ACCESS ROAD IS OCCURRING.

  OTHER ROADS WITHIN THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE WILL ALSO LIKELY

  FLOOD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS AND DESERT ROADS.



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 3477 11561 3485 11502 3539 11524 3530 11586



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