[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Flash Flood Warning - San Berdoo Co. Mojave Desert

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 745 PM PDT.  * AT 532 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MITCHELL CAVERNS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MITHCELL CAVERNS...HOLE IN THE WALL CAMPGROUND...BLACK CANYON  EQUESTRIAN CAMPGROUND... MID HILLS CAMPGROUND AND KELSO CIMA ROAD. 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! &&

Instruction:
REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE OR TWITTER #NWSVEGAS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED.

Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

Affected Counties or parts of: San Bernardino

Sent: 2011-08-27T17:40:35-07:00

Original Sender: KVEF@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

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