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WGUS55 KVEF 271144

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

440 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...



* UNTIL 645 AM PDT.



* AT 436 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

  WEST SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. RAIN GAGES NEAR DURANGO AND 

  SPRING MOUNTAIN HAVE REPORTED NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 3 

  AM. SEVERAL SWIFT WATER RESCUES ARE IN PROGRESS ON THE WEST SIDE 

  OF THE VALLEY...AND THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL ONLY WORSEN THE 

  ONGOING FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MUCH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY.



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

AREAS WHERE THE 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 3606 11534 3596 11515 3627 11478 3646 11510



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