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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1104 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012

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1104 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY

FLOODING CONTINUES IN NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY THIS MORNING. THE 
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT SOME AREAS ARE INACCESSIBLE DUE TO 
THE HIGH WATER AND THAT SEVERAL HOMES WERE STILL FLOODED. SOME ROADS 
WERE CLOSED DUE TO THE FLOODING AND A VEHICLE WAS STRANDED WITH 
WATER OVER THE HOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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LAT...LON 3605 10216 3606 10163 3605 10162 3601 10162
      3600 10163 3591 10164 3591 10172 3589 10216

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