034 FPUS74 KAMA 040755 NOWAMA SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 254 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-041100- BEAVER-BOOKER-CANADIAN-MIAMI-PAMPA-PERRYTON- 254 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 .NOW... A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DRIFT NORTH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND BEAVER COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA THROUGH 6 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF 3/4 TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. THOSE GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM PERRYTON TO GROOM WILL BE AFFECTED. RAIN CONTINUING OVER THIS SAME AREA WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BECOME FLOODED OR POSSIBLY IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MOST DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. $$ TXZ015-019-020-041100- CLARENDON-SHAMROCK-WELLINGTON- 254 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 .NOW... RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ALREADY INUNDATED SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 6 AM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM AROUND GREENBELT LAKE TO DOZIER. RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINS CAN BE EXPECT TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS AND FLOODED ROADWAYS ACROSS DONLEY COUNTY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. $$ TXZ008-011>013-016>018-041100- AMARILLO-BORGER-CANYON-CLAUDE-HEREFORD-PANHANDLE-VEGA- 254 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 .NOW... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 6 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 1/2 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH CANYON...AMARILLO...VEGA AND PANHANDLE. LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL FILL UP QUICKLY AS THE HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. $$ COBB  034 FPUS74 KAMA 040755 NOWAMA SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 254 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-041100- BEAVER-BOOKER-CANADIAN-MIAMI-PAMPA-PERRYTON- 254 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 .NOW... A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DRIFT NORTH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND BEAVER COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA THROUGH 6 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF 3/4 TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. THOSE GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM PERRYTON TO GROOM WILL BE AFFECTED. RAIN CONTINUING OVER THIS SAME AREA WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BECOME FLOODED OR POSSIBLY IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MOST DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. $$ TXZ015-019-020-041100- CLARENDON-SHAMROCK-WELLINGTON- 254 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 .NOW... RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ALREADY INUNDATED SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 6 AM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM AROUND GREENBELT LAKE TO DOZIER. RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINS CAN BE EXPECT TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS AND FLOODED ROADWAYS ACROSS DONLEY COUNTY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. $$ TXZ008-011>013-016>018-041100- AMARILLO-BORGER-CANYON-CLAUDE-HEREFORD-PANHANDLE-VEGA- 254 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 .NOW... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 6 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 1/2 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH CANYON...AMARILLO...VEGA AND PANHANDLE. LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL FILL UP QUICKLY AS THE HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. $$ COBB