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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1255 AM CST WED MAR 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 400 AM CST



* AT 1250 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG 

THE I-10 CORRIDOR FROM PASADENA TO WINNIE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 6 PM AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BY 5 AM.



CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER COVER 

MANY ROADS THROUGH OUT THE COUNTY. NO ROADS ARE CLOSED AT THIS TIME 

BUT MOST ARE WATER COVERED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 124 NEAR WINNIE... 

HIGHWAY 146 NEAR MT. BELVIEU AND MILLER STREET IN ANAHUAC.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  CHANNELVIEW...BAYTOWN...ANAHUAC AND WINNIE.



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD WATER DEPTH 

IS VERY DIFFICULT TO JUDGE AT NIGHT. MORE LIVES ARE LOST IN FLOOD 

EVENTS THAN ANY OTHER WEATHER RELATED HAZARD. DONT BE A VICTIM.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...OR

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2987 9450 2979 9450 2969 9549 2987 9548

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