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WGUS55 KVEF 200524

FFWVEF

NVC003-201115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

1025 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR...

  CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA



* UNTIL 415 AM PDT



* AT 1016 PM PDT...THE LAS VEGAS FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT 

  FLOODING CONTINUED IN NORTHWEST LAS VEGAS...MAINLY ALONG SIDE 

  STREETS OFF OF GOWAN...ALEXANDER...AND CRAIG. ALSO NATIONAL 

  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A FEW NEW 

  THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER HENDERSON. SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT 

  RAINFALL FROM THESE NEW STORMS HAD PRODUCED STREET FLOODING WITH 

  WATER OVER THE CURBS AT THE INTERSECTION OF BOULDER HIGHWAY AND 

  HORIZON RIDGE ROAD.



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN...

  NORTHWEST LAS VEGAS THROUGH 4 AM PDT

  HENDERSON THROUGH 1 AM PM PDT



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 IN FLOOD WATER AS THE 

SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN EASILY KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET AND SWEEP 

YOU AWAY. 





LAT...LON 3611 11532 3597 11512 3615 11482 3632 11529



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