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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

1009 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 100 PM PDT



* AT 1003 AM PDT...THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN DEATH VALLEY REPORTED

  FLOODING FROM DANTES VIEW TO ZABRISKIE POINT.



* THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST ALONG THE 

  FUNERAL MOUNTAINS AND STATE ROUTE 190 UP THROUGH FURNACE CREEK AND 

  STOVEPIPE WELLS UNTIL AT LEAST 11 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF WASHES 

AND NARROW CANYONS OVER THE FUNERAL MOUNTAINS AND PANAMINT RANGE. 

THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP 

TERRAIN. MOTORISTS ALONG STATE 190 AND ROADS AROUND STOVEPIPE WELLS 

AND FURNACE CREEK NEED TO BE ALERT TO WATER RUNNING OFF THE 

MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE ROADS.



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 3603 11651 3626 11627 3693 11716 3674 11749



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