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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX


1109 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006





TXC437-221730-


SWISHER TX-


1109 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR


SWISHER COUNTY...





AT 1045 AM CDT...THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED 


THAT SEVERAL ROADWAYS...INCLUDING TEXAS HIGHWAY 86 EAST OF 


TULIA...WERE COVERED BY AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF FLOWING FLOOD WATERS. 


OTHER AREAS IMPACTED INCLUDED FARM TO MARKET ROAD 3141 AND 1318 IN 


RURAL PORTIONS OF EASTERN SWISHER COUNTY. 





AT 1105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 


INDICATE WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. 


ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND RUNOFF WILL AGGRAVATE FLASH FLOODING 


CONDITIONS.





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. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 


SMALL CREEKS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND LOW LYING FARMLAND.





LAT...LON 3439 10198 3439 10148 3474 10147 3474 10199





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