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WGUS55 KVEF 090249

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AZC015-090445-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

749 PM MST FRI AUG 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 945 PM MST.



* AT 738 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE 

  COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF WIKIEUP. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 

  BETWEEN 2 AND A HALF AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 

  HOUR.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BIG SANDY RIVER...US 93 AT KAISER   

  BRIDGE...AND THE TOWN OF SIGNAL.



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 3428 11387 3463 11387 3462 11346 3430 11344

      3430 11352 3428 11354



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