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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1126 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR

ALL OF THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.  WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS...

PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE

EARLY MORNING HOURS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS

MUCH OF THIS AREA...WITH ISOLATED ESTIMATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES.



SMALL STREAMS MAY RAPIDLY FILL WITH WATER AND STREET FLOODING IN

URBAN AREAS. LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING AND

SHOULD BE AVOIDED. AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. FLOODING IS

ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

HOW DEEP THE WATER IS AND HOW FAST IT MAY BE FLOWING.



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