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WGUS74 KAMA 280146

FFSAMA



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

846 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009



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POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-

846 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 843 PM CDT...THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER 

ACROSS AMARILLO WAS DRAINING AND STALLED VEHICLES WERE BEING MOVED. 

MORE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN POTTER AND 

NORTHERN RANDALL COUNTIES AND SOME FLOODING MAY STILL REMAIN.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMARILLO



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.



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.



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



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