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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

1112 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2005



NVC003-182030-

CLARK NV-

1112 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL 

CLARK COUNTY...



AT 1105 AM PDT...ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS MOVING INTO THE 

SOUTHEAST LAS VEGAS VALLEY...THROUGH BOULDER CITY AND INTO 

HENDERSON. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS MOVING INTO THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING AREA...WHICH IS IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE LAS 

VEGAS VALLEY...PARTICULARLY ALONG BOULDER HIGHWAY FROM SUNSET ROAD 

TO CHARLESTON BLVD AND NORTHWARD TO LAKE MEAD BLVD.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHARLESTON

AND NELLIS BOULEVARD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 1 PM PDT.



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.



LAT...LON 3606 11508 3607 11496 3623 11499 3621 11514



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