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WGUS45 KVEF 180437
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
937 PM PDT FRI JUL 17 2026
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MOHAVE AZ-SAN BERNARDINO CA-
937 PM PDT FRI JUL 17 2026 /937 PM MST FRI JUL 17 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PDT /1 AM MST/ SATURDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA...
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 AM PDT /100 AM MST/.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE. EXPECT
MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL
HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 937 PM PDT /937 PM MST/, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN
GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TOPOCK, NEEDLES, ARIZONA VILLAGE, MOHAVE VALLEY, MOJAVE RANCH
ESTATES, MESQUITE CREEK AND WILLOW VALLEY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3496 11471 3502 11439 3476 11432 3464 11444
3468 11463
STESSMAN
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