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TXZ018-019-170800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1111 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN ARMSTRONG AND WESTERN

DONLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CST...



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 200 AM ACROSS EASTERN 

ARMSTRONG AND WESTERN DONLEY COUNTIES. NWS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER WESTERN DONLEY AND PARTS 

OF EASTERN ARMSTRONG COUNTIES BY 1100 PM FRIDAY EVENING. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END...FLOODING OF LOW 

LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE. SEVERAL DITCHES REMAIN 

FULL ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 287 NORTHWEST OF CLARENDON TEXAS AND RUNOFF 

FROM SURROUNDING FARM AND RANCH LAND COULD CAUSE THE ROAD TO FLOOD.



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD

DANGERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



GOEHRING

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