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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

900 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 

CHILDRESS COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING...



THE CHILDRESS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL AREA 

ROADWAYS HAVE WATER ON THEM. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF CHILDRESS COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL ADD TO THE RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE 

COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 10 PM.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER THAT IS COVERING THE ROAD. IT IS DIFFICULT 

TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROAD...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. 

ONLY A COUPLE OF FEET OF WATER IS NECESSARY TO WASH A CAR AWAY.



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED TO ALERT THE 

PUBLIC TO THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING ACROSS URBAN AREAS OR IN 

LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. THESE AREAS ARE 

TYPICALLY PRONE TO MINOR FLOODING ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF 

BRIEF...HEAVY RAIN.



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