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WGUS75 KVEF 280231

FFSVEF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

727 PM PDT FRI JUL 27 2007



NVC003-280500-

CLARK NV-

727 PM PDT FRI JUL 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM PDT FOR

NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...



AT 718 PM PDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM A 

THUNDERSTORM AT THE MOAPA TRIBAL ENTERPRISES LOCATION ALONG 

INTERSTATE 15 NEAR MILE MARKER 77. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE 

VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK. AUTOMATED GAGES IN THE CALIFORNIA WASH 

AND NORTH OF MOAPA REPORTED UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS 

THAN ONE HOUR. RAIN RATES WILL BEGIN TO TAPPER OFF IN THE NEXT 20 

MINUTES. THE INTENSITY OF THE RAINFALL IS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES.   



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

LOGANDALE...OVERTON AND VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK



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 3633 11476 3634 11443 3675 11444 3676 11478



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