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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

940 PM CDT FRI AUG 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

  RANDALL COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMARILLO AND CANYON



* UNTIL 12 AM CDT



* AT 935 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AMARILLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY RISING WATER AT UNDERPASSES...

INTERSECTIONS...DRAINAGE DITCHES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.



RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN QUICKLY MAKE LOW WATER CROSSINGS IMPASSABLE.

CAMPERS...HIKERS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW



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

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3524 10181 3514 10205 3485 10174 3514 10165



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