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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

730 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY

UNTIL 945 AM CDT...



AT 710 AM CDT...THE BEAVER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WATER 

OVER THE ROADWAY ALONG HIGHWAY 270...APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF 

BEAVER.  



AT 730 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEAVER. THE STORM 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING OVER WESTERN BEAVER...AND 

EASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE 

NORTHEAST...OVER THE SAME AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND 

THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS MORNING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW

SPOTS ALONG HIGHWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL

AS LOW LYING RANCH LAND.



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

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3698 10080 3664 10049 3668 10001 3699 10002

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