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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

1026 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA



* UNTIL 130 PM PDT



* AT 1020 AM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH           

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE LAS     

  VEGAS VALLEY...PARTICULARLY ALONG BOULDER HIGHWAY. SEVERAL FEET OF 

  WATER IS CURRENTLY FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAYS. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS... 

PROLONGING THE CURRENT FLOODING...OR POTENTIALLY ENHANCING THE 

CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3606 11508 3607 11496 3623 11499 3621 11514



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