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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

840 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CASTRO COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

  LAMB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 840 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN OVER MUCH OF LAMB COUNTY EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO THE         

  SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF CASTRO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING       

  NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH...BUT CONTINUING TO BUILD TO THE           

  SOUTHWEST. THIS WAS RESULTING IN REPEATING STORMS AND TORRENTIAL   

  RAINFALL. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUDAN...HART AND EARTH

  AND LITTLEFIELD 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS HAVE 

LIKELY OCCURRED OVER THIS AREA. ADDITIONAL  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT 

WAS NOTED AT 830 PM OVER NORTHEASTERN COCHRAN COUNTY...AND THIS RAIN 

WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA WITH ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL LIKELY. SOME WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 

168 IN CASTRO COUNTY. FLOODING WAS REPORTED 8 MILES WEST OF EARTH ON 

HIGHWAY 70. ALSO MANY SECONDARY ROADS WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN 

SOUTHWEST LAMB COUNTY. 



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



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