

000 

WGUS74 KAMA 011213

FFSAMA

TXZ012-017-018-011500-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

713 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 1000 AM...



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED

UNTIL 1000 AM FOR POTTER...RANDALL AND ARMSTRONG COUNTIES. NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL

HAS FALLEN IN A BAND 20 MILES WIDE FROM NORTHWEST POTTER COUNTY

SOUTHEAST THROUGH AMARILLO AND ACROSS EASTERN RANDALL AND WESTERN

ARMSTRONG COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATED PRECIPITATION SHOWS THAT 2 TO 3

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF POTTER COUNTY

AS OF 700 AM.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR THE AMARILLO

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 1.17 INCHES OF RAIN AS OF 700 AM.



MORE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE

SOUTHEAST OVER THE SAME AREAS THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE

OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING

PROBLEMS.



CREEKS WILL QUICKLY RISE AND FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE PRAIRIE

DOG TOWN FORK OF THE RED RIVER THROUGH PALO DURO CANYON STATE PARK

WILL LIKELY BE OUT OF ITS BANKS THIS MORNING. BE ALERT AS POOR

DRAINAGE AREAS IN CITIES AND TOWNS WILL BE FLOODED.



USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH RISING WATER.



GOEHRING

