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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

636 PM MST MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST

  CALIFORNIA...



* UNTIL 800 PM MST/800 PM PDT/.



* AT 630 PM PST/630 PM MST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOWING MOVING SOUTH TOWARD GOLDEN SHORES AND 

  TOPOCK WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVER STATE ROUTE 95 AND PORTIONS 

  OF INTERSTATE 40. 



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...NEEDLES...MOHAVE VALLEY...TOPOCK...

  WILLOW VALLEY AND GOLDEN SHORES AND HAVASU RAWS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3494 11463 3498 11432 3470 11416 3463 11462



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