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WGUS75 KVEF 181905

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

1205 PM PDT TUE OCT 18 2005



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CLARK NV-

1205 PM PDT TUE OCT 18 2005



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

CLARK COUNTY...



AT 1155 AM PDT...FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS MANY PARTS OF 

THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. WATER...AND RUNOFF SEVERAL FEET DEEP IS 

CURRENTLY IMPACTING MANY ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS...ON THE WEST 

PART OF THE VALLEY INCLUDING DECATUR BOULEVARD AND OBANNON...IN THE 

EAST SIDE OF THE VALLEY INCLUDING BOULDER HIGHWAY AND BROADBENT... 

BOULDER HIGHWAY AND NELLIS BOULEVARD...IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE 

VALLEY INCLUDING CHEYENNE AVENUE AND PECOS ROAD. 



ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 

200 PM...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF 

THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF 

INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE VALLEY HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO 

INCHES IN THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS. THE HIGHEST MEASURED RAINFALL 

HAS BEEN NEAR NELLIS AFB IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE VALLEY 

WHERE 2.32 INCHES HAS FALLEN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 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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