WGUS65 KVEF 201023
FFAVEF
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
323 AM PDT SUN JUL 20 2008
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NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
323 AM PDT SUN JUL 20 2008 /323 AM MST SUN JUL 20 2008/
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/
THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...LAKE
HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...
NORTHWEST DESERTS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU. IN CALIFORNIA...CADIZ
BASIN...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT...
MORONGO BASIN...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY AND WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. IN NEVADA...ESMERALDA AND
CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...LAS
VEGAS VALLEY...LINCOLN COUNTY...NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY...SHEEP
RANGE...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK
CANYON AND WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY.
* FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING
* ABUNDANT MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WHICH MOVED IN FROM THE
SOUTHEAST WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
REGION WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1
AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE EVEN MORE
INTENSE RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTH
AND COULD REDEVELOP OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGHER TERRAIN.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION
AND PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION AND MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.
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