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WGUS84 KAMA 020805
FLSAMA
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
305 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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.
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 315 PM CDT.
TXC375-022015-
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/AMAT2.1.ER.260930T0553Z.260930T1915Z.261003T0920Z.NO/
305 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CANADIAN RIVER AT AMARILLO 19N.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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 2:45 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
EVENING TO A CREST OF 7.5 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.7
FEET ON 08/10/1996.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3553 10193 3562 10181 3562 10162 3537 10172
3536 10216 3562 10217
TLH
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