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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 9, 1997San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 1997, 3:50 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 1997, 3:50 PM PDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 1997, 5:45 PM PDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area: Whole counties

County San Bernardino County, CA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLAS 092252
FFWLAS
CAC071-100045-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
350 PM PDT SAT AUG 9 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST CALIFORNIA
 
   ...CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
 
AT 350 PM LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE
TOWNS OF NEWBERRY SPRINGS AND YERMO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.
BARSTOW SHERIFFS DISPATCH REPORTED FLOODING ALONG INTERSTATE 40.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 3:50 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	San Bernardino	115 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.