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WGUS75 KVEF 060150

FFSVEF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

650 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008



CAC071-NVC003-060430-

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SAN BERNARDINO CA-CLARK NV-

650 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM PDT FOR

EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK AND EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO

COUNTIES...



AT 645 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THE MOST ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BETWEEN INTERSTATE 40 AND 

THE COLORADO RIVER IN WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY AND IN PARTICULAR NEAR 

THE OATMAN AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING AROUND 

AN INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR AS ARE RAIN GAUGES THE STORMS PASS OVER.



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

AREAS WHERE 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 3517 11464 3503 11465 3496 11464 3490 11464

      3490 11473 3520 11471



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