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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1042 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TEXAS COUNTY IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GUYMON...EVA...AND GOODWELL.



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1042 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED           

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EVA...MOVING EAST 

  AT 20 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GOODWELL...HOUGH...AND      

  GUYMON.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL OVER WESTERN TEXAS COUNTY. THIS IS IN THE SAME AREA WHICH 

RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT.



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 3697 10204 3651 10202 3652 10102 3699 10115

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