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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1003 AM CST THU MAR 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RANDALL COUNTY UNTIL 1 PM

CST.



AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND HEAVY RAIN IS SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH

CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. THIS AREA IS MOVING NORTHWEST

TO WEST ACROSS RANDALL COUNTY WHICH HAS ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 1

AND 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THE ADVISORY INCLUDED THE

CITIES OF CANYON...UMBARGER...DAWN AND PALO DURO STATE PARK. THE

HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN

WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF CITY

STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. ALSO...SOME CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE

LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SHARP RISES. REPORTS FROM PALO DURO STATE PARK

INDICATE 2 FEET OF WATER IS FLOWING OVER SOME WATER CROSSINGS.



MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE ROADS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR CREEKS OR STREAMS...BE READY TO MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.

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