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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

219 PM PDT SAT JUL 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL NYE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA



* UNTIL 515 PM PDT



* AT 219 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG SR160 FROM        

  PAHRUMP TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CLARK COUNTY LINE. THE         

  STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY

FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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