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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1023 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



AT 1023 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN BOISE CITY AND EVA. THE STORMS 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



AT 950 PM CDT...OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED WATER OVER THE 

ROADWAY ALONG HIGHWAY 287 NORTH OF BOISE CITY...JUST SOUTH OF THE 

CIMARRON RIVER. WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 287 4 MILES 

NORTH OF BOISE CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

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

WELL AS LOW LYING RANCH LAND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD

DANGERS.



LAT...LON 3698 10293 3654 10282 3657 10207 3697 10209

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