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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

738 PM PDT WED AUG 23 2006



AZC015-240300-

MOHAVE AZ-

738 PM MST WED AUG 23 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY...



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...YUCCA...GRIFFITH...ATHOS.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH ALONG HIGHWAY 40 SOUTH OF KINGMAN 

BETWEEN GRIFFITH AND YUCCA. BETWEEN 630 PM AND 730 PM A REMOTE RAIN 

GAGE SOUTH OF GRIFFITH REPORTED OVER ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL DURING THAT TIME. 



LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS STILL LIKELY FALLING IN THE AREA. THE RUNOFF 

FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ENTERING THE SACRAMENTO WASH AND 

FLOWING SOUTH AND WEST ALONG THE WASH INTO THE TOPOCK MARSH AREA 

NORTH OF TOPOCK LATER TONIGHT.



ALTHOUGH THE AREA IS CURRENTLY NOT UNDER A FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING...PEOPLE AND MOTORIST IN THE AREAS SOUTH OF YUCCA ALONG 

HIGHWAY 40 SUCH AS FRANCONIA AND POWELL AND HIGHWAY 40 ITSELF SHOULD 

MONITOR THE LATEST CONDITIONS AS WATER MAY RAPIDLY RISE IN THE WASH.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



IN DESERT TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3493 11429 3470 11416 3506 11408 3505 11425



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