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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

956 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLAUDE...

  CARSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PANHANDLE...

  NORTHERN DONLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

  GRAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PAMPA...



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT



* AT 955 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN WITHIN 

AN HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CARSON AND GRAY COUNTIES. DUE TO 

THE VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE 

DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA.



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

  MCCLELLAN...WHITE DEER...SKELLYTOWN...MCLEAN...LEFORS AND KINGSMILL



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3509 10161 3562 10161 3562 10054 3557 10055

      3557 10054 3494 10054



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