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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

145 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TEXAS COUNTY IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GUYMON



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 145 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL AND 

  WESTERN PARTS OF TEXAS COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 

  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT PARTS OF 

  TEXAS COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF RAIN.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH 330 AM.

  GUYMON HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS THAT HIGHWAYS 95 AND 64 WERE COVERED

  WITH WATER 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUYMON. OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS

  WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED AS WELL.

  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GUYMON...ADAMS...BAKER...EVA...

  GOODWELL...HARDESTY...HOOKER...HOUGH AND TYRONE



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

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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

DANGERS.



LAT...LON 3697 10204 3650 10202 3651 10098 3698 10098

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