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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

834 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...



* UNTIL 1130 PM PDT.



* AT 826 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SOUTH OF FURNACE CREEK ALONG HIGHWAY 

  178 AND ALSO WEST OF FURNACE CREEK JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 190.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FURNACE CREEK.



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.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.



LAT...LON 3594 11674 3614 11719 3658 11689 3645 11662



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