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CAC071-040230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

435 PM PDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...BARSTOW AND DAGGETT



* UNTIL 730 PM PDT



* AT 432 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF

  BARSTOW ALONG HIGHWAY 247 TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAGGETT...

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT

  THESE SAME AREAS THROUGH 530 PM PDT



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS HAS ALREADY CAUSED FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG HIGHWAY 247 SOUTH OF BARSTOW AND FLOODING ALONG THE GHOST TOWN 

ROAD OFF OF INTERSTATE 15. WASHES AND SMALL STREAMS WILL ALSO BE 

SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



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