THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN RANDALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUSHLAND...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMARILLO. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST HOUR WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR. 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... AMARILLO... LAKE TANGLEWOOD... BUSHLAND... TIMBERCREEK CANYON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF MANY STREETS ACROSS THE CITY OF AMARILLO...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS AS THE HIGH WATER LEVELS...UP TO SEVERAL FEET DEEP IN SOME INSTANCES...MAY CAUSE CARS TO STALL AND POSE A HAZARD TO PUBLIC SAFETY. IF YOU ARE ATTENDING THE TRI STATE FAIR PLEASE STAY INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED!
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:27:44 +0000
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