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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

347 PM MST SAT AUG 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 545 PM MST.



* AT 341 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS 

  EAST OF ANTARES ROAD ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF ROUTE 66. THIS STORM 

  HAS DUMPED VERY HEAVY RAIN INTO THE TRUXTON WASH...WHICH FLOWS 

  ACROSS ANTARES ROAD ON ITS WAY TO RED LAKE.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ANTARES ROAD.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. SEVERAL INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LAS

VEGAS.



LAT...LON 3564 11403 3564 11380 3542 11370 3542 11395



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