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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1054 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BEAVER AND EASTERN TEXAS

COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST BEAVER COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES

OF ONE INCH AN HOUR HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH THESE STORMS.  RAINFALL HAD

ENDED ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS AND NORTHWEST BEAVER COUNTIES AS OF 1100

PM MONDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL

LIKELY STILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THESE AREAS. FLASH FLOODING WILL

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING ON TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST

BEAVER COUNTY AS VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVES ACROSS THIS AREA.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

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

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