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WGUS75 KVEF 082134
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
234 PM PDT MON SEP 8 2014

NVC003-017-082315-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARK NV-LINCOLN NV-
234 PM PDT MON SEP 8 2014

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND NORTH
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM PDT FOR
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 230 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT
AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IN MOAPA. A DAM WAS REPORTED
BEING WITHIN 3 INCHES OF OVERFILLING. ROADS ARE FLOODED. THIS IS
LIKELY THE WORST FLASH FLOODING IN MOAPA AND THE MUDDY RIVER AREA
SINCE THE HISTORIC FLASH FLOOD OF AUGUST 10TH 1981.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND
NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOAPA
APEX
HIGHWAY 168 BETWEEN COYOTE SPRINGS AND MOAPA
HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN APEX AND COYOTE SPRINGS

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.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON
ROADS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD CHANNEL. TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN!

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

&&

LAT...LON 3686 11499 3684 11443 3661 11445 3635 11485
      3635 11499

$$

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