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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

240 PM PDT FRI AUG 11 2006



AZC015-112315-

MOHAVE AZ-

240 PM MST FRI AUG 11 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MST FOR

NORTHEASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY...



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...LITTLEFIELD...MT. TRUMBULL AND TUWEEP.



VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN 

MOHAVE COUNTY BETWEEN THE VIRGIN MOUNTAINS EAST OF LITTLEFIELD TO 

ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO CITY. RADAR ESTIMATES ARE UP TO 

4 INCHES PER HOUR IN A FEW LOCATIONS WHILE SOME AUTOMATED GAUGES 

HAVE REPORTED OVER AN INCH AN HOUR SO FAR HAS FALLEN.



ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN EASTERN MOHAVE 

COUNTY FROM ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF MOUNT TRUMBULL TO 50 MILES 

SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT TRUMBULL. 



THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TROUGH 415 PM AND THE THREAT 

FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS WELL FOR THE TWO AREAS MENTIONED.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR WASHES WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

WASHES.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LAS

VEGAS.



LAT...LON 3699 11402 3581 11375 3582 11329 3667 11277

      3696 11277



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