WGUS55 KVEF 252032  
FFWVEF  
  
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV  
132 PM PDT SUN AUG 25 2013  
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE  
  
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
  EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...  
  
* UNTIL 400 PM PDT.  
  
* AT 122 PM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH  
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGHWAY 95 AND I-40...OR 18 MILES  
  SOUTHWEST OF LAUGHLIN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED TO AFFECT   
  RIVER ROAD/NEEDLES HIGHWAY BETWEEN NEEDLES AND THE NEVADA STATE   
  LINE. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.   
  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THAT  
  LOCATION AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY.   
  
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
  INTERSTATE 40 AND THE HIGHWAY 95 INTERSECTION...GOFFS ROAD...RIVER   
  ROAD/NEEDLES HIGHWAY.  
  
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 140.  
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
  
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS...AROUND UNDERPASSES...  
AND IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS  
NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLER. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY OR  
WALK THROUGH FLOODWATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!  
  
REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR ON TWITTER USING...AT NWSVEGAS.  
  
LAT...LON 3525 11494 3500 11464 3481 11465 3475 11488  
  
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