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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

258 PM 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 700 PM CDT



* AT 250 PM CDT...THE HEREFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED CONTINUING 

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. IN 

  ADDITION...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR 

  DIMMIT AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO DEAF SMITH COUNTY CONTINUING

  THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  BOOTLEG...SIMMS...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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