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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

8 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



..A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST 

TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT...



COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE...

AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BRAZORIA...BURLESON...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT

BEND...GALVESTON...GRIMES...HARRIS...HOUSTON...JACKSON...LIBERTY...

MADISON...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY...

WALLER...WALKER...WASHINGTON AND WHARTON.



AT 8 PM THERE WERE NO FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN LIBERTY INTO 

SOUTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 

THE PAST HOUR IN SOUTHEAST LIBERTY COUNTY NEAR DEVERS. BETWEEN 8 PM 

AND MIDNIGHT THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPMENT WILL 

INCLUDE AREAS EAST OF U.S.59 THROUGH FROM POLK COUNTY THROUGH HARRIS 

COUNTY AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 288 THROUGH BRAZORIA COUNTY. 



THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALLISON ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY

DRIFT SOUTH SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF

SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

WILL CONTINUE IN AND AROUND THE CIRCULATION CENTER NEAR AND ALONG THE

TRACK OF THE LOW...WITH BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST 

AND EAST OF THE LOW CENTER. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH.  HOWEVER...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE RAIN BANDS TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. 



WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS HAS LEFT THE SOIL 

SATURATED AND MANY STREAMS AND BAYOUS AT OR NEAR BANKFULL. THIS 

MEANS IT WILL TAKE LESS RAINFALL THAN NORMAL TO PRODUCE RAPID 

PONDING OR RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS.



THIS CONTINUES TO BE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION REMEMBER...DO

NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO ASSESS THE DEPTH OF 

WATER OVER ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. THE DEPTH AND WATER 

VELOCITY MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. IF FLASH FLOODING 

OCCURS IN YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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

FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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