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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

100 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2001



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS

PRODUCING OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS COUNTY

AND BEAVER COUNTY. HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW

1/2 INCH IN MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL

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

WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING ON TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN

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.



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