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000

WGUS75 KVEF 060200 CCA

FFSVEF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

700 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008



CAC071-NVC003-060430-

/O.COR.KVEF.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080806T0430Z/

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

SAN BERNARDINO CA-CLARK NV-

700 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...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 

1.50 AND 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN JUST WEST OF THE NEEDLES 

HIGHWAY NEAR THE NEVADA/CALIFORNIA STATE LINE. 



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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