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000 

WGUS74 KAMA 030333

FFSAMA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1029 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



TXC375-381-030515-

POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-

1029 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN RANDALL AND SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTIES...



AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...GENERALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 

AMARILLO. LAW ENFORCEMENT...MEDIA...STORM SPOTTERS...AND PUBLIC 

REPORTS NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE EXPERIENCING 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AT THIS TIME.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3507 10213 3510 10164 3536 10170 3538 10214



$$



SD/KS

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000 

WGUS74 KAMA 030333

FFSAMA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1029 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



TXC375-381-030515-

POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-

1029 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN RANDALL AND SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTIES...



AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...GENERALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 

AMARILLO. LAW ENFORCEMENT...MEDIA...STORM SPOTTERS...AND PUBLIC 

REPORTS NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE EXPERIENCING 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AT THIS TIME.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3507 10213 3510 10164 3536 10170 3538 10214



$$



SD/KS

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