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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

1140 PM CDT SUN OCT 15 2006



TXC101-269-160600-

COTTLE TX-KING TX-

1140 PM CDT SUN OCT 15 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR KING

AND COTTLE COUNTIES...



AT 1135 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED

TO REPORT HIGHWAY 83 CLOSED ALONG THE COTTLE AND KING COUNTY LINE. 

IN ADDITION...SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY ROADS ACROSS SOUTHERN COTTLE

COUNTY WERE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOOD WATERS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

RADAR WAS INDICATING RAINFALL INTENSITIES SLOWLY DECREASING...WITH THE BULK

OF THE HEAVY RAIN NOW MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER...

OCCASIONAL MODERATE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...

POSSIBLY RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

SWEARINGEN...PADUCAH...HACKBERRY...GROW...GUTHRIE...FINNEY...

DELWIN...CHALK AND CEE VEE.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3424 10047 3344 10050 3348 10004 3427 10006



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