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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1009 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS

INTO WEDNESDAY...



...DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLOOD SITUATION DEVELOPING ACROSS

THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS

ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NORMANGEE TO SWEENY. THIS INCLUDES

METRO HOUSTON. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD

WATCH...



BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...FORT BEND...GALVESTON...GRIMES...HARRIS...

HOUSTON...LIBERTY...MADISON...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...

TRINITY...WALKER...WALLER.



ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WILL

MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS OVERNIGHT. FEEDER BANDS ROTATING AROUND

THE CENTER OF ALLISON WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA. IN

ADDITION...CORE RAINS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE CENTER OF ALLISON. CORE

RAINS CAN PRODUCE EXTREMELY INTENSE RAINFALL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD

OF TIME.



RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE 3 TO 5

INCHES OF RAIN ALONG AND EAST OF THE BRAZOS RIVER. RAINFALL

TOTALS IN FEEDER BANDS AND THE CORE RAINS COULD TOTAL AS MUCH AS 15

INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL

AFFECT HARRIS...LIBERTY...SAN JACINTO...POLK AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.



BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAIN...MANY SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS

WILL OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. HIGH STANDING WATER ON ROADS IS LIKELY.



EXPECT SIGNIFICANT RISES ON LARGER RIVER SYSTEMS AS WELL AS MORE

HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS. INTERESTS ALONG THE TRINITY AND SAN JACINTO...

AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS FOR

THE NEXT FEW DAYS.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER AN AREA OF HIGH WATER...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO

IT. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. IF YOU LIVE

IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD

FLOODING BECOME IMMINENT.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST

FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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