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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

252 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2008



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CLARK NV-

252 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM PDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...



AT 239 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ALONG HIGHWAY 160 IN WEST CENTRAL 

CLARK COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF MOUNTAIN SPRINGS SUMMIT AND ALONG 

HIGHWAY 160. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT TWO AND ONE HALF TO 

THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER MOUNTAIN SPRINGS SUMMIT AND 

HIGHWAY 160 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 25. AN AUTOMATED RAWS RAIN 

GAGE AT MOUNTAIN SPRINGS ALSO OBSERVED 2.51 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN IN ONE HOUR.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LAS

VEGAS.



LAT...LON 3606 11560 3606 11544 3597 11541 3596 11560



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