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WGUS54 KAMA 190643

FFWAMA

TXC195-190945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

143 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HANSFORD COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPEARMAN



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPEARMAN...MOVING EAST AT 10

  MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GRUVER



AT 140 AM CDT...HANSFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT ROADS 

WERE STILL UNDERWATER NORTH OF GRUVER AND WERE TRYING TO CLOSE TO 

SOME MORE ROADS DOWN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER HANSFORD COUNTY WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE 

FLASH FLOODING SITUATION ALREADY IN PROGRESS.



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 3608 10160 3608 10111 3646 10112 3646 10159



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