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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

229 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007



TXC357-301100-

OCHILTREE TX-

229 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR

OCHILTREE COUNTY...



RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR OCHILTREE COUNTY THIS MORNING.  

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

ACCUMULATE OVER ALREADY SATURATED AREAS.  HIGHWAY 70 REMAINS CLOSED 

DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS LAST WEEK AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

LIKELY DELAY THE HIGHWAY BEING REOPENED. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WAKA...PERRYTON AND FARNSWORTH.



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.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3607 10107 3607 10055 3648 10056 3648 10108



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