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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

928 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEAVER COUNTY IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEAVER



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 928 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 11 MILES EAST OF

  ELMWOOD...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEAVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST 

  AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN BEAVER AND        

  EASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES WILL MOVE ACROSS ALREADY FLOODED AREAS. THE 

  HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING...AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT   

  OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3700 10095 3650 10095 3651 10004 3698 10004

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