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000 

WGUS55 KVEF 060128

FFWVEF

CAC071-NVC003-060430-

/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0041.080806T0128Z-080806T0430Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

628 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...

  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...



* UNTIL 930 PM PDT.



* AT 619 PM PDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED FROM A               

  THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAUGHLIN. THE STORM

  HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY FOR THE PAST HOUR.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...NEEDLES HIGHWAY BETWEEN LAUGHLIN

  AND NEEDLES.



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 3517 11464 3503 11465 3496 11464 3490 11464

      3490 11473 3520 11471



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