000 WWUS84 KAMA 250027 SPSAMA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 727 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012 TXZ016-250115- DEAF SMITH TX- 727 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DEAF SMITH COUNTY. AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF GLENRIO TO 2 MILES EAST OF SIMMS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 32 MILES SOUTH OF NARA VISA TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VEGA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AVOID NORMAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. $$ JC