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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1117 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAY COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

  WHEELER COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1117 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY        

  RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING ACROSS MOST OF GRAY AND WHEELER             

  COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 2.5 INCHES IN THE SHAMROCK  

  AND MCLEAN COMMUNITIES. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY          

  STATIONARY AND WILL RESULT IN RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR  

  THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.   



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  WHEELER...TWITTY...SHAMROCK...PAMPA...NEW MOBEETIE...MCLEAN...

  LELA...LEFORS...LAKE MCCLELLAN...KELLERVILLE...BRISCOE...ALLISON

  AND ALANREED



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

IN AUTOMIBILES. REMEMBER...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT 

IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3521 10104 3520 10004 3561 10004 3560 10103  

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