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WGUS55 KVEF 142252

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

350 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 500 PM PDT.



* AT 344 PM PDT...THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED THAT 

  SEVERAL ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 95...NEEDLES HIGHWAY...AND GOFFS 

  ROAD REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 

  THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA...BUT RUNOFF 

  FROM HIGHER TERRAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING...AND FLOODING IS LIKELY 

  TO CONTINUE THROUGH 5 PM.



* 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.



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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