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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
405 PM PST FRI MAR 8 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM PST.
* AT 353 PM PST...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT VERY
HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER HAS PRODUCE ROCK/MUD OVER PORTIONS
OF STATE ROUTE 190 AND ALSO BADWATER ROAD. SOME SECONDARY ROADWAYS
HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN THE PARK. ALTHOUGH LIGHT RAINFALL IS STILL
OCCURRING...THE PRIMARY FLASH FLOOD CONCERNS IS FROM RUNOFF FROM
PREVIOUS RAINFALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STOVEPIPE WELLS...PANAMINT SPRINGS...PORTIONS OF THE BADWATER ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS 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 BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...
NWSVEGAS.
LAT...LON 3670 11705 3656 11687 3620 11735 3636 11749
JENSEN
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