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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

731 PM CDT MON APR 16 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY FOR WALLER AND AUSTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...



AT 725 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING 

ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF AUSTIN COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN 

PORTION OF WALLER COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 

5 INCHES HAS OCCURRED SINCE MID AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF 

INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN CAT SPRING...SEALY...AND BELLVILLE.  RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE HAVE AVERAGED 2 TO 4 INCHES.



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THESE STORMS DIMINISH 

LATER THIS EVENING.



FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR WADSWORTH...CAT SPRING...SEALY...SAN 

FELIPE...PATTISON...AND BROOKSHIRE.



MINOR FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  SMALL CREEKS... 

FARM-TO-MARKET AND SECONDARY ROADS...OR OTHER LOW-LYING SPOTS MAY 

FLOOD.  AVOID AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY



USE EXTRA CAUTION AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS

OF FLOODING.



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 2996 9655 2993 9654 2991 9648 2984 9643

          2983 9632 2967 9621 2966 9605 2974 9604

          2974 9596 2980 9585 2994 9607 2993 9629

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