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WGUS55 KVEF 291603

FFWVEF

AZC015-NVC003-291900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

757 AM PST WED DEC 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWEST MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA

  CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA



* UNTIL 1100 AM PST(NOON MST)



* AT 755 AM PST...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES FROM THE 

  BASE OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS EAST TO THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND LAKE 

  MEAD. IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED OR 

  IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODWATER. IN THE LAKE MEAD AREA...ROADS ARE 

  CLOSED DUE TO ROCK AND MUD SLIDES AS WELL AS FLOODING. WHILE THE 

  RAIN WILL COME TO AN END IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...FLOODING IS 

  EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING. 



* LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS 

  VEGAS...HENDERSON... OVERTON...LAKE MEADE NATIONAL RECREATION 

  AREA...SEARCHLIGHT...SLOAN...BOULDER CITY...MOAPA AND OVERTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DO NOT DRIVE 

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY AS THE 

WATER COULD HIDE ROAD DAMAGE AND SUBMERGED DEBRIS.



LAT...LON 3567 11544 3514 11477 3505 11448 3545 11448

      3560 11443 3578 11436 3590 11405 3612 11398

      3682 11372 3684 11462 3670 11514 3646 11535

      3643 11553



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