

000 

WGUS74 KAMA 220122

FFSAMA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

819 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2006



TXC375-381-220400-

POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-

819 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN RANDALL AND SOUTH CENTRAL POTTER COUNTIES...



AT 818 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. SPECIFICALLY THE RESIDENTIAL 

AREA OF PUCKETT WEST IS SEEING FLOODING FROM CURB TO CURB ON THE 

STREETS WITH WATER MOVING INTO SOME HOMES. ALSO...NEAR THE 

INTERSECTION OF SONCY AND INTERSTATE 40 FLOOD WATERS ARE REACHING 

THE DOORS ON LOWER PROFILE VEHICLES.  



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...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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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JJB

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000 

WGUS74 KAMA 220122

FFSAMA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

819 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2006



TXC375-381-220400-

POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-

819 PM CDT MON AUG 21 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN RANDALL AND SOUTH CENTRAL POTTER COUNTIES...



AT 818 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. SPECIFICALLY THE RESIDENTIAL 

AREA OF PUCKETT WEST IS SEEING FLOODING FROM CURB TO CURB ON THE 

STREETS WITH WATER MOVING INTO SOME HOMES. ALSO...NEAR THE 

INTERSECTION OF SONCY AND INTERSTATE 40 FLOOD WATERS ARE REACHING 

THE DOORS ON LOWER PROFILE VEHICLES.  



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...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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



$$



JJB

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