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WGUS55 KVEF 262347

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NVC003-270245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

446 PM PDT TUE AUG 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA



* UNTIL 745 PM PDT



* AT 440 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM   

  SEARCHLIGHT TO NELSON LANDING. A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING IN SEARCHLIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN

  PRODUCING STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH TOWARD LAKE MOHAVE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

STREETS AND SECONDARY ROADS FROM SEARCHLIGHT TO NELSON LANDING.  

NORMALLY DRY WASHES WILL FILL QUICKLY WITH SWIFT FLOWING WATER AND 

WILL DRAIN INTO LAKE MOHAVE FROM WILLOW BEACH AND COTTONWOOD COVE.

THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP 

TERRAIN.



BOATERS SHOULD STAY CLEAR OF AREAS WHERE WASHES EMPTY INTO LAKE 

MOHAVE ON THE NEVADA SIDE. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW AND DO NOT DRIVE 

THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 3584 11499 3533 11492 3538 11466 3586 11471



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