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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

618 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  POTTER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

  RANDALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

  INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...CANYON



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE TANGLEWOOD...OR ABOUT 

  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANYON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. OTHER     

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS POTTER AND RANDALL        

  COUNTIES PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES. 

  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING BEING RECEIVED THROUGHOUT      

  AMARILLO AND CANYON.  



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALO

  DURO CANYON AND AMARILLO



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3478 10210 3479 10167 3558 10164 3556 10210



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