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WGUS74 KAMA 310419

FFSAMA

TXC375-381-310515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1115 PM CDT FRI AUG 30 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN POTTER AND CENTRAL

RANDALL COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



AT 1104 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO OBSERVE FLOODING 

AT THE INTERSECTION OF BELL STREET AND HILLSIDE ROAD. STREET 

FLOODING WAS ALSO DETECTED ON MANY RESIDENTIAL STREETS BETWEEN BELL 

STREET AND WESTERN AVENUE...ESPECIALLY ALONG TECKLA STREET.



THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE LONG CEASED...RUNOFF AND SIGNIFICANT 

PONDING OF WATER WAS SLOW TO RECEDE. FLOODING SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL 

MIDNIGHT...BY WHICH TIME MOST ROADWAYS SHOULD BE PASSABLE.



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

DANGERS.



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

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.





LAT...LON 3482 10210 3487 10169 3532 10167 3526 10207



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