000 WGUS44 KAMA 220300 FLWAMA BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1000 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012 TXC359-221100- /O.NEW.KAMA.FA.W.0005.120522T0300Z-120522T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 1000 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... OLDHAM COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VEGA... * UNTIL 600 AM CDT TUESDAY * AT 955 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF OLDHAM COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OLDHAM COUNTY. THE OLDHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED THAT LOW LYING AREAS SOUTH OF ADRIAN HAD LARGE AMOUNTS OF STANDING WATER. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AMARILLO AT 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1. && LAT...LON 3560 10301 3560 10218 3520 10221 3519 10298 $$ KJS