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WGUS74 KAMA 190432

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TXC195-190700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1130 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HANSFORD COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM

CDT...



AT 1100 PM...TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING OVER HIGHWAY 136 JUST 

SOUTH OF THE STATE LINE.



AT 1105 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING OF MAIN STREET OF GRUVER. 

ALSO...FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 15 ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF 

GRUVER.



AT 1110 PM...ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED 2 MILES NORTH OF OSLO AS A 

RESULT OF FLOODING...WATER AND HAIL WAS UP TO 1 1/2 FEET DEEP OVER 

FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1262...ROAD WAS IMPASSABLE ACCORDING TO THE 

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 



AT 1128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF HANSFORD COUNTY. RADAR 

ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER AN AREA FROM GRUVER 

NORTHWARD TO THE STATE LINE DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. 



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.



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

DANGERS.



LAT...LON 3646 10159 3608 10158 3608 10111 3648 10111



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