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WGUS55 KVEF 280245

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CAC071-280545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

745 PM PDT WED AUG 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 1045 PM PDT



* AT 740 PM PDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATE HEAVY RAIN FROM

  STATE ROUTE 247 TO JOSHUA TREE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST

  AT 5 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  NEAR TWENTYNINE PALMS AT 800 PM PDT



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAS LIKELY 

FALLEN AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LEAST 830 PM. OVER TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN COULD POTENTIALLY FALL IN SOME SPOTS ACROSS THE AREA 

FROM STATE ROUTE 247 TO JOSHUA TREE AND THE WESTERN EDGE OF 

TWENTYNINE PALMS. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF WASHES AND LOW 

LYING AREAS ALONG STATE ROUTE 247 AND STATE ROUTE 62.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3438 11650 3413 11637 3413 11604 3447 11621



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