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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

149 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GRAY AND WHEELER

COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST GRAY COUNTY AND MUCH OF

WHEELER COUNTY WITH AROUND 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN EASTERN WHEELER

COUNTY FROM U.S. HIGHWAY 83 EASTWARD.



FLOODING OF U.S. HIGHWAY 83 NEAR TWITTY HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE

SHAMROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS IN WHEELER COUNTY

ALSO HAVE WATER ON THEM.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE

SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS GRAY AND WHEELER COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. THE

RAIN FROM THESE STORMS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLASH FLOODING

PROBLEMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL INUNDATE ROADS AND FARM AND RANCH LAND. DO NOT

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER

IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD

DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



GOEHRING

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