Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Jul 22, 2005, 2:23 PM PDT (21:23 UTC)

Expired

Jul 22, 2005, 5:30 PM PDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County San Bernardino County, CA

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000 
WGUS55 KVEF 222127
FFWVEF
CAC071-230030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
223 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA

* UNTIL 530 PM PDT(530 PM MST)

* AT 218 PM PDT(218 PM MST)...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS   
  REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA 
  BETWEEN CIMA AND NIPTON ROAD ALONG MORNING STAR ROAD. RADAR IS 
  ESTIMATING BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS NOW FALLEN IN THIS 
  AREA AND FLOODING IS LIKELY INTENSIFYING..

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER   
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN THE MOJAVE NATIONAL 
  PRESERVE. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON  
  MORNING STAR ROAD BETWEEN CIMA AND NIPTON ROAD AS WELL AS CIMA 
  ROAD BETWEEN CIMA AND INTERSTATE 15.

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY 
WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MOJAVE NATIONAL 
PRESERVE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3505 11576 3500 11555 3550 11521 3555 11579

$$

BAILEY

000
WGUS75 KVEF 222315
FFSVEF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
408 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005

CAC071-230030-
SAN BERNARDINO CA-
408 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM PDT FOR NORTH 
CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...

AT 408 PM PDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO FORM OVER THE MOJAVE NATIONAL 
PRESERVE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF 
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT BETWEEN 4 TO 5 
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE NOW FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.

EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STAFF REPORTED 
FLOODING ALONG BOTH CIMA AND MORNING STAR ROADS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 
15 AND CIMA. THIS FLOODING HAS LIKELY INTENSIFIED AS RAINFALL AND 
RUNOFF HAVE CONTINUED. SMALLER ROADS ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING 
FLOODING AS WELL. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3505 11576 3497 11520 3548 11524 3555 11579

$$

DAVIS

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