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WGUS55 KVEF 082208
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AZC015-NVC003-017-090400-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
308 PM PDT MON SEP 8 2014

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHEASTERN
CLARK AND NORTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...
  NORTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA

* UNTIL 900 PM PDT/900 PM MST/

* AT 300 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNLEASHING HEAVY RAIN
  ACROSS NORTHEASTERN CLARK...SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN
  MOHAVE COUNTY.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...
  NORTHEASTERN CLARK AND NORTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTIES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MESQUITE...BUNKERVILLE...LITTLEFIELD...VIRGIN RIVER
  CAMPGROUND...AND COYOTE SPRINGS.

  THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 15 IN NEVADA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND
  120.

  THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 15 IN ARIZONA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND
  29.

OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN MOAPA NEVADA. A DAM WAS WITHIN 3
INCHES OF BEING BREACHED. ROADS IN MOAPA ARE FLOODED. THIS IS THE
WORST FLASH FLOOD IN MOAPA SINCE AUGUST 10TH 1981. THIS IS A LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION IN MOAPA. BE ALERT FOR ANY ACTIONS FROM
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN IN AND AROUND MOAPA WILL DRAIN INTO THE
MUDDY RIVER AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE VIRGIN RIVER. THE VIRGIN RIVER
AT GLENDALE WAS AT 9 FEET AND FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET. RUNOFF INTO
THE VIRGIN RIVER WILL HEAD TOWARD OVERTON AND EVENTUALLY LAKE MEAD.
THIS WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO OCCUR. FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN THESE
AREAS HOURS AFTER THE RAIN ENDS.

ELSEWHERE IN THIS AREA RAINFALL TOTALS OF AN INCH OR LESS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED. THIS WILL RESULT IN STREET FLOODING AND SEVERAL INCHES OF
WATER CROSSING ROADS IN MESQUITE...LITTLEFIELD...BUNKERVILLE AND
BEAVER DAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT TRAVEL IN THE WARNED AREA. LEAVE ROADS OPEN FOR EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MANY ROADWAYS IN
THE AREA ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA
FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.

THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SAVE YOUR
LIFE!

&&

LAT...LON 3685 11499 3693 11467 3700 11404 3700 11362
      3653 11400 3638 11408 3634 11422 3627 11443
      3640 11445 3652 11452 3649 11460 3635 11484
      3634 11500

$$

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