...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ROBERTS... SOUTHEASTERN OCHILTREE...WESTERN LIPSCOMB...WESTERN HEMPHILL AND EASTERN BEAVER COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT... * AT 422 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 16 MILES NORTH OF LIPSCOMB. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST 2 HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED. FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR. WHILE PRECIPITATION MAY TAPER OFF IN SOME AREAS...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR ANY HIGH WATER TO RUNOFF. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CANADIAN... MIAMI... LIPSCOMB... SLAPOUT... KNOWLES... GATE... LORA... FOLLETT... DARROUZETT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3693 10000 3676 10000 3565 10046 3572 10088 3613 10064 3643 10053 3701 10021 3701 10018 MC
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:23:49 +0000
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