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WGUS55 KVEF 252229

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CAC071-NVC003-260000-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

329 PM PDT MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...

  SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...



* UNTIL 500 PM PDT.



* AT 400 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

  TO INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER NIPTON ROAD 

  BETWEEN INTERSTATE 15 AND SEARCHLIGHT.  



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAL NEV ARI...SEARCHLIGHT AND NIPTON.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3558 11547 3559 11487 3532 11482 3530 11547



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