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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

930 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DONLEY COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT A WIDESPREAD AREA OF 

RAINFALL IN THE AMOUNT OF 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN SOUTH OF CLARENDON 

ALONG HIGHWAY 70 IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. IN CLARENDON...RADAR 

ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. 

THIS RESULTED IN WATER OVER HIGHWAY 287 AND HIGHWAY 70 MAKING THESE 

HIGHWAYS IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION...WATER UP TO THE CAR DOORS WAS 

REPORTED IN CLARENDON AROUND 900 PM CDT.  



AT 930 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

WAS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF DONLEY COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL MOVE NORTH AT 10 MPH INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN 

PARTS OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 1100 PM CDT. 



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES.



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