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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

135 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN ARMSTRONG AND

DONLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN ARMSTRONG AND DONLEY

COUNTIES WITH NEARLY 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN CLARENDON TEXAS

TONIGHT.



MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THE DONLEY

COUNTY SHERIFF WITH SEVERAL RESIDENCES FLOODED IN CLARENDON.

SOME VEHICLES HAVE ALSO BEEN LOST DUE TO THE FLOODING.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE

SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS EASTERN ARMSTRONG AND DONLEY COUNTIES EARLY

THIS MORNING. THE RAIN FROM THESE STORMS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE

FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED.

IF YOU ARE NEAR...OR LIVE...IN A FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE

IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK OR DRIVE

ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING.



GOEHRING

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