FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 936 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... POTTER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... RANDALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMARILLO TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF CANYON. DOPPLER RADAR AND LOCAL RAIN GAUGES INDICATE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST HOUR WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MOVING IN. STREET FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF AMARILLO AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN ADDITIONAL AREAS. WHILE PRECIPITATION MAY TAPER OFF IN SOME AREAS DURING THE WARNING PERIOD...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR ANY HIGH WATER TO RUNOFF. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CANYON... AMARILLO... VALLEY DE ORO... UMBARGER... PALO DURO CANYON... LAKE TANGLEWOOD... BUSHLAND... BUFFALO LAKE... TIMBERCREEK CANYON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 03:31:44 +0000
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