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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

405 AM CDT SAT AUG 10 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MOORE COUNTY UNTIL 515 AM

CDT...



AT 405 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 7 MILES SOUTH OF DUMAS. THE STORM 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 



FLOODING OF CITY STREETS CONTINUE IN DUMAS. THE MOORE COUNTY 

EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER ON RESIDENTIAL 

STREETS. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE. 

ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE ACROSS 

MOORE COUNTY....FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN 

SECTIONS OF MOORE COUNTY.



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER AT UNDERPASSES...

INTERSECTIONS...DRAINAGE DITCHES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.



NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER IN AN AUTOMOBILE OR ON FOOT

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3601 10170 3599 10213 3564 10213 3567 10165

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