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WGUS74 KHGX 090147

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

845 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WALKER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES

UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

...SEVERE FLASH FLOODING CONTINUE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY...



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES AT 845 PM OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY.  NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY 

FROM NORTHERN HARRIS COUNTY.



INTERSTATE 45 IS CLOSED FROM FM 1488 TO WILLIS. SEVERE FLOODING IS 

ONGOING FOR NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS AS WELL AS MOST SMALL STREAMS 

IN THE COUNTY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 45.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL OCCUR BY 11 PM IN SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY 

COUNTY. 



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER WALKER COUNTY. ALTHOUGH 

FURTHER HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW HOURS...FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUES DUE TO RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS.



TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED IN MONTGOMERY AND WALKER COUNTY UNTIL THIS 

FLOOD THREAT ENDS. USE EXTRA CAUTION AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. 



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 3083 9537 3044 9538 3019 9514 3011 9531

          3022 9577 3085 9583

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