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TXC233-071030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

232 AM CDT THU SEP 7 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 228 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  IN DOWNTOWN BORGER FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.       

  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF      

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS   

  OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS   

  WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STINNETT   

  AND BORGER. 



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.



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.



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 3566 10156 3566 10113 3592 10116 3595 10158



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