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WGUS55 KVEF 200319

FFWVEF

NVC003-200530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

820 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA



* UNTIL 1030 PM PDT



* AT 815 PM PDT...SERIOUS FLOODING CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST LAS   

  VEGAS.



* THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE MOST SERIOUS ON...

  EAST-WEST STREETS IN NORTHWEST LAS VEGAS THROUGH 10 PM PDT.



DESPITE THE FACT THAT ONLY SPORADIC LIGHT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER 

THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...FLOODING FROM EARLIER HEAVY 

RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE EVENING.



THIS IS A MAJOR...ONGOING FLASH FLOOD AND TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE 

ATTEMPTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD RELATED DEATHS 

OCCUR IN MOTOR VEHICLES. ALSO...DO NOT WALK OR PLAY IN FLOOD WATER 

AS THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN EASILY KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET AND 

SWEEP YOU AWAY. 





LAT...LON 3608 11545 3588 11516 3630 11481 3643 11520



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