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WGUS55 KVEF 210005

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CAC071-210200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

500 PM PDT WED AUG 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 700 PM PDT



* AT 500 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 14 MILES WEST OF 

  NORTH TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN PASS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20

  MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  NEAR ESSEX AT 515 PM PDT

  NEAR MOUNTAIN PASS AT 515 PM PDT

  NEAR NIPTON AT 535 PM PDT



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN 1.5 INCHES TO 

2.00 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS AREA 

INCLUDES PORTION OF BOTH INTERSTATE 15 AND 40.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF WASHES

AND SMALL STREAMS. ADDITIONALLY...HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND MANY

RURAL ROADS WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3491 11659 3426 11584 3409 11507 3501 11466

          3579 11564



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