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TXC129-281100-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
257 AM CDT SAT SEP 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DONLEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 257 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 2 TO
  AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED
  AREA IN THE PAST 6 HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED. FLASH
  FLOODING IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE. 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...
  CLARENDON...          LELIA LAKE...         HOWARDWICK...
  GREENBELT LAKE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE
FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3504 10094 3508 10066 3515 10054 3491 10055
      3477 10108

$$

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