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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

359 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 354 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER   

  THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF HOUSTON COUNTY...RADAR         

  ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 350 AM. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  CROCKETT...GRAPELAND...AUSTONIO



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COUNTY FOR THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS AND WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM RAINS 

YESTERDAY...RUNOFF WILL BE EXTENSIVE. LOW LYING ROADS MAY FLOOD 

AS WELL AS OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD



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

AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS.



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 3160 9529 3155 9565 3152 9568 3152 9573

          3147 9573 3138 9567 3128 9572 3108 9572

          3095 9561 3128 9513 3134 9502 3142 9498

          3148 9511 3158 9514

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