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WGUS75 KVEF 271251

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

550 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2007



NVC003-271345-

CLARK NV-

550 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM PDT FOR

CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...



AT 534 AM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

OVER PORTIONS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. MULTIPLE CARS WERE NOTED 

FLOATING IN THE VICINITY OF EASTERN AND HARMON. SEVERAL SWIFT WATER 

RESCUES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AND OTHERS ARE ONGOING. THE MOST 

RECENT RESCUE IS OCCURRING NEAR WINNICK AND KOVAL. THE HEAVY RAIN 

HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE 

HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING THROUGH 645 AM PDT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN LAS 

VEGAS...THE LAS VEGAS STRIP...NORTH LAS VEGAS AND NELLIS AFB



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF WASHES...

DRAINAGE AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WHEN

ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT

DROWN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3606 11534 3596 11515 3627 11478 3646 11510



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