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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1121 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR...

  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 1110 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY SHOWERS

  CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF HOUSTON COUNTY.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  CROCKETT...GRAPELAND



EARLIER TONIGHT... AT 830 PM... THE HOUSTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE 

REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS. 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. 



SINCE 830 PM... PERSISTENT HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS  

PRODUCING RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE CONTINUED OVER MUCH 

OF THE COUNTY... AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH 2 

AM.  EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN BY 2 AM.



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD



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 3158 9522 3132 9510 3112 9556 3149 9564

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