Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
653 PM CDT THU AUG 16 1990

...VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE FALLING FROM OLTON TO TULIA TEXAS EARLY THIS
EVENING...

AT 645 PM CDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF PAMPA SOUTHWESTWARD TO
TO NEAR LITTLEFIELD IN THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS.  THIS LINE HAS MOVED
VERY LITTLE IN THE PAST HOUR.  DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ROADWAYS...DITCHES...AND SMALL STREAMS
IS LIKELY.  RADAR DERIVED ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL SUGGEST THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE 5PM FROM OLTON TO NEAR TULIA.  NO REPORTS
OF FLOODING HAS BEEN RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
AMARILLO.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BETWEEN GALLEGOS AND FORT SUMNER.  OTHER SHOWERS
WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE STATE LINE SOUTH OF CLOVIS.  MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BE ALERT TO
THE POSSIBCILITY OF HEAVY RAINS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEASTERN
CASTRO AND SWISHER COUNTIES.  IF WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH IT.  STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

TWG

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
803 PM CDT THU AUG 15 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING CHILDRESS TEXAS THIS EVENING...

AT 8PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A GROUP OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CHILDRESS TEXAS VICINITY.  AT 745PM CDT THE WEATHER
OBSERVATORY AT THE CHILDRESS AIRPORT REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY
SOME SMALL HAIL.  LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT WAS ALSO SHOWING A FEW
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THESE STORMS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOU SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.  STAY TUNED TO
THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
TWG

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
842 PM CDT THU AUG 16 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND IN THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING...

AT 830 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...WAS LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF
HEREFORD TO 5 MILES WEST OF LUBBOCK.  THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING OVER
GROUND WHICH IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
DAYS SO WATCH OUT FOR FLOODING OR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...LOW LYING
AREAS...AND SMALL STREAMS.  THIS LINE WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS
UP TO 50 MPH IN PLACES.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHEAST CASTRO COUNTY BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF FLOODING AS THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER AREAS WHERE UP TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN EARLIER TODAY.  IF WATERS ARE RISING BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

ELSEWHERE...OTHER THUNDERSTORM WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN CHILDRESS
COUNTY AND IN SOUTHERN HARMON COUNTY OKLAHOMA.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT
25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.  AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN
PERRYTON AND MIAMI IN THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

TWG