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WGUS75 KVEF 302052

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

152 PM PDT SAT AUG 30 2008



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MOHAVE AZ-

152 PM MST SAT AUG 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MST FOR EAST 

CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...



AT 144 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF PEACH PEACH SPRINGS

 A THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN PEACH SPRINGS AND DIAMOND CREEK WAS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST 

OF PEACH SPRINGS AND WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. OVER 1.5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM THIS STORM SINCE 1 PM AND RUNOFF FROM 

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ON DIAMOND CREEK ROAD.



AN AUTOMATED GAUGE NEAR ROCK CREEK...SOUTH OF PEACH 

SPRINGS...REPORTED 2.20 INCHES OF RAINFALL. SIMILAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

WERE ESTIMATED OVER THE AREA SOUTH OF ROUTE 66. FLASH FLOODING OF 

WASHES SOUTH OF ROUTE 66 AND EAST OF VALENTINE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 

MID AFTERNOON.



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. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. SEVERAL INCHES OF SWIFTLY

FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LAS

VEGAS.



LAT...LON 3531 11333 3530 11358 3562 11365 3568 11332

      3567 11330 3565 11331 3562 11331 3561 11331



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