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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1032 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM 

CDT...



AT 1032 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF BEAVER COUNTY. THE 

STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AND WILL LIKELY 

PRODUCE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS.  HIGHWAYS 64 AND 270 IN BEAVER COUNTY 

WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE.



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.



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

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3676 10024 3658 10018 3667 9969 3688 9976

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