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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1232 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO TX HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
CANADIAN RIVER AT AMARILLO 19N AFFECTING POTTER COUNTY.
FOR THE CANADIAN RIVER...INCLUDING AMARILLO 19N...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 115 AM CDT.
TXC375-070615-
/O.NEW.KAMA.FL.W.0002.250506T1816Z-250509T1200Z/
/AMAT2.1.ER.250506T1816Z.250507T0600Z.250509T0000Z.NO/
1232 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CANADIAN RIVER AT AMARILLO 19N.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, DIRT ROAD THAT RUNS EAST ALONGSIDE THE
RIVER CHANNEL BECOMES FLOODED. THIS ROAD LEADS TO ROSITA CREEK
FLATS RECREATION AREA, WHERE PRIMITIVE CAMPING OCCURS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:00 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9.4 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL
THEN FALL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE TO 9.0 FEET
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THURSDAY EVENING TO 2.9 FEET FRIDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.5 FEET ON 06/24/1996.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3553 10193 3562 10181 3562 10162 3537 10172
3536 10216 3562 10217
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