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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

754 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BRISCOE COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM...



HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER WESTERN BRISCOE COUNTY FROM A

COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5

MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 3 TO 5

INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 750 PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES

POSSIBLE BY 930 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL TRACK

OVER AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK OF THE

RED RIVER.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.

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