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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

829 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL RANDALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES PALO DURO STATE PARK...



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS RANDALL COUNTY...FROM UMBARGER...TO     

  CANYON...TO THE NORTH SIDE OF PALO DURO STATE PARK.  DOPPLER       

  RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED WITH     

  THESE STORMS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES STILL POSSIBLE IN    

  THE BASIN THAT FEEDS INTO PALO DURO STATE PARK.  PARK OFFICIALS    

  ARE REPORTING THAT THE LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE ALREADY UNDERWATER  

  AND CONDITIONS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE AS THESE STORMS    

  PASS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3504 10182 3488 10184 3487 10163 3507 10163



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