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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

441 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2008



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SHERMAN TX-MOORE TX-

441 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR MOORE

AND SHERMAN COUNTIES...



SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA 

THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS EXITIED THE 

WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO 

THE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STRATFORD 

AND DUMAS.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. 



LAT...LON 3648 10216 3647 10165 3564 10163 3563 10215



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