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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1242 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006



TXC375-381-220700-

POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-

1242 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN RANDALL AND SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTIES...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTERN 

AMARILLO.



AT 1242 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

INTERSTATE 40 WAS NOW OPEN.  HOWEVER...URBAN FLOODING CONTINUES FOR 

OTHER PARTS OF WESTERN AMARILLO.  SONCY REMAINS CLOSED BETWEEN 

TARTER AND 34TH STREET. IN ADDITION...OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS IN 

WESTERN AMARILLO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE STANDING WATER.



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.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 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 3540 10194 3496 10196 3497 10165 3540 10163



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