292 WGUS54 KLUB 040143 FFWLBB TXC069-279-040430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 840 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CASTRO COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS LAMB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 840 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF LAMB COUNTY EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF CASTRO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH...BUT CONTINUING TO BUILD TO THE SOUTHWEST. THIS WAS RESULTING IN REPEATING STORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUDAN...HART AND EARTH AND LITTLEFIELD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS HAVE LIKELY OCCURRED OVER THIS AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WAS NOTED AT 830 PM OVER NORTHEASTERN COCHRAN COUNTY...AND THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY. SOME WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 168 IN CASTRO COUNTY. FLOODING WAS REPORTED 8 MILES WEST OF EARTH ON HIGHWAY 70. ALSO MANY SECONDARY ROADS WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN SOUTHWEST LAMB COUNTY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3388 10259 3387 10233 3449 10201 3450 10248  292 WGUS54 KLUB 040143 FFWLBB TXC069-279-040430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 840 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CASTRO COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS LAMB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 840 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF LAMB COUNTY EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF CASTRO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH...BUT CONTINUING TO BUILD TO THE SOUTHWEST. THIS WAS RESULTING IN REPEATING STORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUDAN...HART AND EARTH AND LITTLEFIELD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS HAVE LIKELY OCCURRED OVER THIS AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WAS NOTED AT 830 PM OVER NORTHEASTERN COCHRAN COUNTY...AND THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY. SOME WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 168 IN CASTRO COUNTY. FLOODING WAS REPORTED 8 MILES WEST OF EARTH ON HIGHWAY 70. ALSO MANY SECONDARY ROADS WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN SOUTHWEST LAMB COUNTY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3388 10259 3387 10233 3449 10201 3450 10248