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WGUS55 KVEF 200452

FFWVEF

NVC017-200645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

947 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA



* UNTIL 1145 PM PDT



* AT 947 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANACA...

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



AT 950 PM THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT IN PIOCHE REPORTED HEAVY RAIN 

THROUGHOUT THE CALIENTE...PANACA...PIOCHE AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 93. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVER THE 

PAST 30 MINUTES AND WITH PONDING ALREADY BEING REPORTED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF WASHES 

AND SMALL STREAMS. ADDITIONALLY CAUTION NEEDS TO BE USED ON HIGHWAY 

93 AND ALSO STATE ROUTE 319 AS WATER MAY WASH OVER THE ROADS.



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.



LAT...LON 3748 11495 3748 11410 3852 11409 3851 11497



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