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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1219 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO 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...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 100 PM CDT.
TXC375-301800-
/O.NEW.KAMA.FL.W.0001.260930T0550Z-261002T0300Z/
/AMAT2.1.ER.260930T0550Z.260930T1800Z.261001T1500Z.NO/
1219 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CANADIAN RIVER AT AMARILLO 19N.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, PORTIONS OF ROSITA CREEK FLATS RECREATIONAL
AREA FLOODS. PRIMITIVE CAMPERS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ARE IN
IMMINENT DANGER. DIRT ROADS THAT LEAD TO HIGHWAY 287 FROM ROSITA
CREEK FLATS ARE IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS
MORNING TO 8.7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE LATE TOMORROW MORNING TO 6.4 FEET FRIDAY EVENING. IT WILL
RISE TO 6.5 FEET EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL
AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.2
FEET ON 05/19/2023.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3553 10193 3562 10181 3562 10162 3537 10172
3536 10216 3562 10217
VANDEN BOSCH
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