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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

558 PM MST FRI AUG 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA



* UNTIL 900 PM MST



* AT 555 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 

  MEADVIEW...DOLAN SPRINGS...AND THE HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION. 

  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 

  THREE INCHES PER HOUR WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  NEAR ROUTE 66 BETWEEN VALENTINE AND KINGMAN BY 800 TO 900 PM MST



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. IF YOU ARE

CAMPING OR HIKING...IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO

STREAMS...RIVERS...OR WASHES. STAY AWAY FROM NARROW CANYONS WHERE

FLOOD WATERS CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.



LAT...LON 3605 11334 3607 11410 3525 11412 3522 11334



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