Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Sep 3, 1997, 5:02 PM PDT (00:02 UTC)

Expired

Sep 3, 1997, 7:00 PM PDT

In force

118 min

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Whole counties

County San Bernardino County, CA

000 
TTAA00 KLAS 040004
FFWLAS
CAC071-040200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
502 PM PDT WED SEP 3 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST CALIFORNIA
 
   ...NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY.
 
AT 455 PM...EDWARDS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
THE CHINA LAKE NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF RIDGECREST.
THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL OF AN INCH AND A HALF IN DIAMETER ANTORRENTIAL RAIN.  RADAR ESTIMATES NEARLY THREE INCHES DURING THE PAST
HOUR.
 
OTHER POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY BETWEEN BAKER AND PRIMM NEVADA.
 
MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
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.
 
KOSIER

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