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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
729 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM PDT.

* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 
  INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON OVER BASINS IN EASTERN 
  SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WHICH RUN DOWN A WASH THAT CROSSES HIGHWAY 
  95 NEAR MILE MARKER  61...JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. IT TAKES
  SEVERAL HOURS FOR FLOOD WATERS TO MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN THE WASH
  BUT IT WILL LIKELY MAKE HIGHWAY 95 IMPASSABLE SOMETIME BETWEEN
  730 PM AND 10 PM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HIGHWAY 95 NEAR MILE MARKER 61 WEST OF NEEDLES AND JUST NORTH
  OF I-40.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON
AREA ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED
ROADWAY OR WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!

REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...
NWSVEGAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS EVEN HARDER TO SEE WATER
COVERING THE ROADWAY OR IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3496 11490 3491 11474 3490 11473 3488 11475
      3490 11494

$$

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