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WGUS55 KVEF 082226

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

326 PM MST FRI AUG 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 515 PM MST.



* AT 313 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN 

  NORTHWEST ARIZONA. 



* DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  DURING THE PAST HOUR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF MEADVIEW. THIS 

  THUNDERSTORM AND EXISTING RUNOFF WILL AFFECT THE COTTONWOOD WASH 

  WHICH FLOWS INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF LAKE MEAD. 



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

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

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

WASHES.



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 3651 11404 3651 11383 3617 11384 3617 11402



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