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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

359 PM PDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA

  THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...SEARCHLIGHT...

  CAL-NEV-ARI...WILLOW BEACH...COTTONWOOD COVE AND LAUGHLIN.



* UNTIL 700 PM PDT



* AT 359 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ABOUT 10 MILES 

SOUTH OF BOULDER CITY (ALONG HIGHWAY 95)...THROUGH SEARCHLIGHT AND 

ALONG HIGHWAY 164 BETWEEN SEARCHLIGHT AND NIPTON. THESE STORMS WERE 

SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF WASHES

AND NARROW CANYONS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND

MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



LAT...LON 3566 11533 3521 11473 3578 11473 3591 11494

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