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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

852 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002



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

UNTIL 945 AM CDT...



AT 852 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

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

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER TEXAS AND WESTERN BEAVER COUNTIES. 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 10 MPH...AND WILL MOVE OVER 

ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BEAVER COUNTY. 

FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 270 NORTH OF 

BEAVER...AND THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

CONTINUE ALONG 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 3699 10071 3655 10048 3660 10002 3700 10003

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