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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

320 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CANCELLED FOR GALVESTON... HARRIS... 

LIBERTY... POLK... SAN JACINTO... AND TRINITY COUNTIES.



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY... WALKER... 

AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 7 AM...



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

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...



...A THREATENING FLOOD SITUATION WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE EASTERN 

HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT...



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.



THE REMAINS OF FORMER TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WILL BECOME NEARLY 

STATIONARY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. 

STEADY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW 

CENTER MAINLY IN GRIMES... MADISON... HOUSTON... WALKER... AND 

NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.  ALTHOUGH MOST FLASH FLOODING SOUTH OF 

THE LOW CENTER HAS DIMINISHED... THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING AROUND THE LOW CENTER WILL PERSIST INTO 

TONIGHT.



RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NORTH OF THE LOW CENTER WILL 

GENERALLY AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN ALONG AND EAST OF THE BRAZOS 

RIVER. MANY AREAS... ESPECIALLY PARTS OF THE HOUSTON METRO AREA... 

RECEIVED 10 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY 

NIGHT.  AS A RESULT... EVEN RELATIVELY BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL 

REPRESENT A FLASH FLOODING THREAT OVER THE WATCH AREA TODAY AND 

TONIGHT.



BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...MANY SMALL 

STREAMS... CREEKS AND BAYOUS MAY REMAIN OVER BANKFULL LEVELS. HIGH 

STANDING WATER ON ROADS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.



EXPECT SIGNIFICANT RISES ON LARGER RIVER SYSTEMS AS WELL. 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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