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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

745 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009



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POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-

745 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL RANDALL AND SOUTH CENTRAL POTTER COUNTIES...



AT 740 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF 

MAJOR FLOODING ON GEORGIA...WASHINGTON...BELL...COULTER...INTERSTATE 

40 AND SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMARILLO



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 123.



THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 80.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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LAT...LON 3536 10201 3535 10167 3502 10167 3503 10198



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