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WGUS75 KVEF 271527

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

825 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2007



NVC003-271545-

CLARK NV-

825 AM PDT MON AUG 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM PDT FOR

CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...



AT 820 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE LAS VEGAS 

VALLEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY AGGRAVATE THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE 

ALREADY EXPERIENCED FLASH FLOODING THIS MORNING. A NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING OCCURRING ON CIMARRON 

BETWEEN DESERT INN AND SAHARA.  



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

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



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER 

AMOUNTS. 



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. SEVERAL INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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



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