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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

206 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEAVER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEAVER...

  NORTHERN LIPSCOMB COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIPSCOMB...

  EASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PERRYTON...



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 154 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURPIN...  

  MOCANE...KNOWLES...GATE...FORGAN AND FLORIS



SIGNIFICANT ROAD FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS BEAVER COUNTY NEAR 

ELMWOOD. MOST OF THE FLOODING IS CONFINED TO COUNTY ROADS WITH AS 

MUCH AS TWO FEET OF FAST FLOWING WATER STRANDING AT LEAST ONE 

VEHICLE. COUNTY ROADS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN BEAVER 

COUNTY ARE EXPERIENCING LOCALIZED FLOODING.



IN OCHILTREE COUNTY...FLOODING CONTINUES OVER HIGHWAY 15 JUST EAST 

OF PERRYTON WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER.  RURAL ROADS ARE LIKELY 

EXPERIENCING FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF OCHILTREE AND LIPSCOMB 

COUNTIES. 



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 FLOODED ROADS ARE

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



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 3653 10091 3698 10092 3698 10001 3661 10003

      3623 10014 3614 10061 3616 10093



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