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WGUS75 KVEF 271043

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

340 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2007



NVC003-271145-

CLARK NV-

340 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM PDT FOR

CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...



AT 338 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

FIRST WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS STILL MOVING NORTH...AND HAD CLEARED 

MOST OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. HOWEVER...NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY...AND WILL MOVE 

OVER AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY HAD HEAVY RAIN. THIS WILL PRODUCE 

ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OVER THE VALLEY. MANY RAIN GAGES AROUND 

THE VALLEY HAD REPORTED OVER HALF AN INCH OF RAIN SINCE 2 AM...AND 

SWIFT WATER RESCUES WERE STILL IN PROGRESS.



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.



LAT...LON 3611 11528 3601 11509 3632 11472 3651 11504



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