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WGUS55 KVEF 162130

FFWVEF

AZC015-162330-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

230 PM MST SAT AUG 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...



* UNTIL 430 PM MST.



* AT 220 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE COLORADO RIVER NEAR 

  THE UPSET RAPIDS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY 

  RURAL AREAS OF THE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK.



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 NEAR BOYSAG POINT...SHANUB POINT...AND PAGUEKWASH POINT.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LAS

VEGAS.



LAT...LON 3637 11264 3635 11268 3635 11271 3631 11272

      3631 11274 3628 11280 3627 11286 3625 11290

      3643 11290 3642 11262



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