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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

742 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR POTTER AND RANDALL

COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT...



STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER MUCH OF AMARILLO BY THE

AMARILLO EOC. MANY INTERSECTIONS HAVE DEEP WATER OVER THEM WHICH

IS MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT.



SOME OF THE HARDER HIT AREAS INCLUDE...LOCATIONS SOUTH OF I-40...

NORTHEAST AMARILLO...SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AMARILLO HAVE SEVERAL

IMPASSABLE INTERSECTIONS. SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS ALONG I-40 EAST OF

AMARILLO ARE REPORTED AS SUBMERGED.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND OBSERVER REPORTS INDICATE ONE TO TWO

INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER AMARILLO WITH ISOLATED TOTALS AROUND TWO AND

A HALF INCHES BEGINNING AROUND 530 PM UNTIL 730 PM. THE NWS OFFICE AT

AMARILLO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECIEVED 1.79 INCHES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.  RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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