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000 

WGUS74 KAMA 210358

FFSAMA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1058 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006



TXC375-381-210515-

POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-

1058 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

RANDALL AND POTTER COUNTIES...



AT 1056 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINS CONTINUE OVER POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING. 

MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AT 1024 PM 

CDT...THE PALO DURO CANYON STATE PARK RANGER REPORTED 5 FEET OF 

WATER AT THE FIRST LOW WATER CROSSING WITH WATER COMING UP INTO THE 

HACKBERRY CAMPSITE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUSHLAND AND

AMARILLO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3478 10212 3480 10166 3556 10167 3559 10210



$$



KJS

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000 

WGUS74 KAMA 210358

FFSAMA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1058 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006



TXC375-381-210515-

POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-

1058 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

RANDALL AND POTTER COUNTIES...



AT 1056 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINS CONTINUE OVER POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING. 

MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AT 1024 PM 

CDT...THE PALO DURO CANYON STATE PARK RANGER REPORTED 5 FEET OF 

WATER AT THE FIRST LOW WATER CROSSING WITH WATER COMING UP INTO THE 

HACKBERRY CAMPSITE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUSHLAND AND

AMARILLO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3478 10212 3480 10166 3556 10167 3559 10210



$$



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