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WGUS75 KVEF 082048

FFSVEF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

148 PM PDT FRI AUG 8 2008



AZC015-082145-

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MOHAVE AZ-

148 PM MST FRI AUG 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MST FOR

CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...



AT 145 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER FAR EAST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PEACH SPRINGS HAS INDICATED THAT DIAMOND 

CREEK ROAD JUST NORTH OF PEACH SPRINGS IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



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. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. SEVERAL INCHES OF SWIFTLY

FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3535 11347 3552 11347 3553 11331 3535 11331



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