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WGUS75 KVEF 260102

FFSVEF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

559 PM PDT WED JUL 25 2007



CAC071-260200-

SAN BERNARDINO CA-

559 PM PDT WED JUL 25 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM PDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...



AT 555 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 28 MILES SOUTH OF NEEDLES...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF VIDAL 

JUNCTION...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN WEST OF 

HIGHWAY 95 IN THE CHEMEHUEVI WASH. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WEST 

OF HIGHWAY 95 COULD MAKE IT OVER HIGHWAY 95. 



THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER

THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH

TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE

THE SMART CHOICE...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. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. SEVERAL INCHES OF SWIFTLY

FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3424 11490 3425 11444 3471 11448 3473 11453

      3483 11458 3488 11464 3501 11465 3507 11497



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