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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

851 PM MST FRI AUG 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...

  EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...



* UNTIL 1045 PM MST/1045 PM PDT/.



* AT 843 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF TOPOCK AND GOLDEN 

  SHORES. LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE STATED THAT COUNTY ROUTE 1 BETWEEN 

  INTERSTATE 40 AND TOPOCK IS FLOODED. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...NEEDLES...TOPOCK...GOLDEN SHORES AND

  HAVASU RAWS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3486 11474 3492 11425 3476 11418 3466 11470



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