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WGUS54 KAMA 271604

FFWAMA

TXC117-272000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

1057 AM CDT MON SEP 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEAF SMITH COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEREFORD



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1050 AM CDT...THE HEREFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH WATER BEGINNING TO FLOOD 

  HOMES IN THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN. OTHER PORTIONS OF DEAF SMITH COUNTY

  ESPECIALLY WESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 TO 3 INCHES 

  OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE PRONE TO 

  FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  SIMMS...BOOTLEG...AND HEREFORD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3475 10300 3476 10219 3516 10219 3517 10301



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