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WGUS55 KVEF 150547

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AZC015-150745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

1047 PM MST THU AUG 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA



* UNTIL 1245 AM MST



* AT 1045 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MOHAVE 

  COUNTY FROM THE EAST. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT TIME 

  IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH OF 

  WIKIEUP TO THE COMMUNITY OF NOTHING. 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN WIKIEUP AND NOTHING AT 1135 PM MST



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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 3515 11334 3431 11332 3418 11377 3477 11399



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