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TXC205-359-150845-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

225 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR OLDHAM AND

SOUTHERN HARTLEY COUNTIES...



AT 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVY RAINS THAT RESULTED IN THE FLASH FLOODING OVER SOUTHERN 

HARTLEY...AND THE POSSIBLE FLOODING OVER NORTHERN OLDHAM...HAVE 

DIMINISHED. THOUGH THE RAINS HAVE SUBSIDED...CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF 

FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE FLOWING ALONG THE CREEKS THAT FLOW 

TOWARDS THE CANADIAN RIVER. ANY ROADS WHICH CROSS THESE CREEKS COULD 

STILL BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MORE RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND 

WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. THESE RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO 

THE WARNING AREA BEFORE 345 AM. HOWEVER...PEOPLE ARE URGED TO 

MONITOR THIS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AS SOILS 

ARE AT OR NEAR SATURATION.



LAT...LON 3588 10301 3525 10301 3527 10217 3590 10217



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