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WGUS55 KVEF 142142

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CAC071-142300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

242 PM PDT SAT OCT 14 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...



* UNTIL 400 PM PDT.



* AT 230 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING 

  OVER EXTREME EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 

  PATROL REPORTS THAT HIGHWAY 95 IS STILL CLOSED BETWEEN INTERSTATE 

  40 AND NEVADA HIGHWAY 163. IN ADDITION...GOFFS ROAD IS COVERED 

  WITH ROCKS AND MUD DEPOSITED BY FLOODWATERS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS 

  MOVED EAST OF THIS AREA...AND WAS AFFECTING NEEDLES AT 230 PM. 

  FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON HIGHWAY 95 THROUGH 4 PM AS RUNOFF FROM 

  EARLIER STORMS CONTINUES TO FLOW DOWNHILL...AND FLOODING MAY ALSO 

  AFFECT THE NEEDLES AREA AS THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES THROUGH THERE.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...NEEDLES.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. 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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LAS

VEGAS.



LAT...LON 3484 11496 3506 11493 3523 11492 3501 11464

      3493 11463 3492 11464 3490 11463 3489 11464

      3483 11458 3477 11455



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