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WGUS55 KVEF 082132

FFWLAS

CAC071-092330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

231 PM PDT WED AUG 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...TWENTYNINE PALMS



* UNTIL 430 PM PDT



* AT 231 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER TWENTYNINE PALMS MCAS...OR

  ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF TWENTYNINE PALMS...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT

TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



LAT...LON 3415 11622 3407 11600 3423 11589 3432 11613

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