806 WGUS64 KAMA 041010 FFAAMA TXZ009-010-014-015-019-020-041800- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 505 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN ONE-THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE CANADIAN RIVER AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM PAMPA TO ASHTOLA. A STRONG AND SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST TODAY. MEANWHILE ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING. AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE AND A PERSISTENT FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL COMBINE WITH THESE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES TO PRODUCE MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE PAST 24 HOURS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN ONE-THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS APPROACHING 10 INCHES IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL ADD TO THE ALREADY HEAVY RUNOFF CONTINUING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF COULD INUNDATE ROADS AND FARM AND RANCH LAND. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR LIVE NEAR STREAMS OR CREEKS IN THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO THE FLOODING THREAT. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. COBB  806 WGUS64 KAMA 041010 FFAAMA TXZ009-010-014-015-019-020-041800- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 505 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN ONE-THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE CANADIAN RIVER AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM PAMPA TO ASHTOLA. A STRONG AND SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST TODAY. MEANWHILE ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING. AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE AND A PERSISTENT FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL COMBINE WITH THESE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES TO PRODUCE MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE PAST 24 HOURS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN ONE-THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS APPROACHING 10 INCHES IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL ADD TO THE ALREADY HEAVY RUNOFF CONTINUING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF COULD INUNDATE ROADS AND FARM AND RANCH LAND. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR LIVE NEAR STREAMS OR CREEKS IN THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO THE FLOODING THREAT. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. COBB