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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

807 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SOUTH CENTRAL POTTER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

  NORTHWESTERN RANDALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

  INCLUDING THE CITY OF AMARILLO



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BUSHLAND AND             

  AMARILLO AND ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF CANYON.



  REPORTS FROM I-40 AND SONCY NEAR WESTGATE MALL WAS THAT WATER WAS  

  UP TO THE DOORS ON SOME VEHICLES AND SONCY ROAD WAS LIKE A RIVER.



* 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...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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 3505 10214 3505 10181 3523 10181 3523 10212



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