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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

845 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 830 PM CDT...SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO 

RUNOFF FROM MORE HEAVY RAIN. FLOODED ROADS INCLUDED FM230 BETWEEN 

LOVELADY AND WELDON...HOUSTON COUNTY LAKE ROAD FM229...FM1280 

BETWEEN LOVELADY AND AUSTONIO...FM2110.  LOCAL STREET FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING IN CROCKETT AND HIGH WATER WAS ON SH19 BETWEEN CROCKETT 

AND TRINITY. UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING.  

MORE HEAVY DOWNPOURS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST OF HOUSTON COUNTY 

THEN MOVE NORTHWEST.  EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN BY 11 

PM.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY.



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 3157 9520 3136 9502 3099 9558 3115 9569

          3151 9569

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