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WGUS75 KVEF 310127

FFSVEF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

627 PM PDT SAT AUG 30 2008



AZC015-310300-

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MOHAVE AZ-

627 PM MST SAT AUG 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ENDED OVER THE HUALAPAI 

MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 530 PM AND 600 PM. ONLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS 

REMAINED. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE AT HUALAPAI PEAK RECORDED A TOTAL 

OF 1.65 INCHES OF RAIN. SIMILAR AMOUNTS WERE ESTIMATED SOUTH OF 

HUALAPAI PEAK. WATER AND DEBRIS WAS OBSERVED OVER HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN 

ROAD BUT A GRADER WAS WORKING TO KEEP THE ROAD PASSABLE. RUNOFF FROM 

THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF WASHES...MAINLY ON 

THE NORTH AND EAST SLOPES OF THE HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS...THROUGH 8 PM.



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.



LAT...LON 3478 11358 3484 11397 3515 11399 3513 11362



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