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WGUS74 KAMA 210200

FFSAMA

TXC375-381-210330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

900 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES

UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...



AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES EAST OF AMARILLO. THE STORM

PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



AT 845 PM CDT...POTTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORTED 

THAT T-ANCHOR BLVD NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 WAS TOTALLY 

UNDERWATER...FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES CONTINUES IN DOWNTOWN 

AMARILLO...BELL STREET AT ARDEN ROAD AND BELL STREET AT SW 54TH 

STREET WERE BARELY PASSABLE...AN AREA SOUTH OF LOOP 335 FROM SONCY 

ROAD TO GRAND STREET REPORTED MAJOR STREET FLOODING...AND A WATER 

RESCUE WAS BEING PERFORMED AT AMARILLO BLVD/U.S. HIGHWAY 60 AT 

LAKESIDE DRIVE.  



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

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3477 10216 3477 10165 3561 10164 3560 10214



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