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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1000 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012
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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
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