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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

308 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WALKER...HOUSTON...AND 

TRINITY COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM CDT...



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN OR NEAR...APPLE SPRINGS... 

TRINITY...HUNTSVILLE...GROVETON...GRAPELAND...AND CROCKETT.



WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AT 300 RAIN BANDS WERE AFFECTING MOST OF THE 

THREE COUNTY AREA.  RAINFALL RATES WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 

INCHES PER HOUR.  THE RAIN AREA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AFFECTING 

THESE LOCATIONS THROUGH 600 AM.



SEVERAL ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED OR WATER COVERED.



IN HOUSTON COUNTY THE FOLLOWING ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED...

  FM 2022 AT MURCHINSON CREEK...

  FM 230 BETWEEN LOVELADY AND CROCKETT...

  FM 229 AND CR 2110...

  STATE HIGHWAY 19 SOUTH BETWEEN LOVELADY AND TRINITY...

  SEVERAL ROADS INSIDE THE CITY OF CROCKETT.



IN WALKER COUNTY THE FOLLOWING ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED...

  FM 2989 AT THE EAST FEEDER ROAD...

  FM 2989 AT BEDIAS CREEK RIVER BOTTOM...

  DORRELL ROAD AT THE BRIDGE IN THE COUNTY...

  BOWDEN ROAD AT ROBINSON CREEK.



IN HUNTSVILLE THE FOLLOWING ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED...

  BEARKAT CREEK BOULEVARD...

  RIVER OAKS IN ELKINS SUBDIVISION.



IN WALKER COUNTY THE FOLLOWING ROADS WERE WATER COVERED...

  STATE HIGHWAY 30 WEST TO THE EAST OF FM 3179...

  FM 980 AT PINECREST HAD 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD...

  STATE HIGHWAY 75 NORTH AT KOOK SPRINGS HAD 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER 

  THE ROAD.



IN TRINITY COUNTY...

  FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON GROVETON FLATT PRAIRIE ROAD...

  FM 2262 WAS CLOSED.



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 3159 9538 3152 9569 3109 9561 3092 9561

          3088 9581 3065 9580 3056 9561 3056 9536

          3091 9533 3094 9525 3087 9521 3115 9486

          3158 9514

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