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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

1143 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA



* UNTIL 145 AM PDT



* AT 1139 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIKO...

  MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER LINCOLN COUNTY WITH THE MOST 

ACTIVE AREA BEING ALONG HIGHWAY 93 FROM THE CLARK COUNTY LINE TO 

HIKO AND THEN ALONG STATE ROUTE 375 FROM HIKO TO RACHEAL.



HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF WASHES AND SMALL STREAMS. ADDITIONALLY 

...HIGHWAYS...AND MANY RURAL ROADS WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3688 11587 3688 11414 3865 11414 3864 11495

          3800 11490 3802 11586



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