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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

515 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GALVESTON...HARRIS... 

MONTGOMERY... BRAZORIA AND FORT BEND COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY MORNING 

AND WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED...



...SEVERE FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER HARRIS...FORT 

BEND...GALVESTON...AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL 

YOU COULD JEOPARDIZE YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS.  IF YOU NEED EMERGENCY 

ASSISTANCE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE OR SHERIFFS...



RECORD SETTING RAINFALL OVER THE REGION WITH A TOTAL OF 28 INCHES 

WAS REPORTED IN HOUSTON NEAR HIGHWAY 90 AND OAKS. 



RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES COVERED MOST OF 

NORTHERN BRAZORIA AND GALVESTON COUNTIES NEARLY ALL OF HARRIS AND 

MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. TWO BULLSEYES OF RAINFALLS IN EXCESS OF 14 

INCHES OCCURRED...ONE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY FROM NEAR WILLIS TO NEAR 

CONROE TO SHENANDOAH TO NEAR PINEHURST. THE SECOND BULLSEYE OF 

RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 14 INCHES FROM NEAR HOOKS AIRPORT TO NEAR 

BELLAIRE TO HOBBY TO CHANNELVIEW TO NEAR KINGWOOD. ESTIMATES OF 18 

TO 25 INCHES OCCURRED OVER A LARGE AREA FROM GALENA PARK TO THE 

NORTHWEST CORNER OF BELTWAY 8. 



THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION OF ALLISONS WAS NEAR EAGLE LAKE AND WAS 

NEARLY STATIONARY. A BAND OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL STRETCHED FROM 20 

NM SOUTH OF FREEPORT TO GALVESTON TO PASADENA TO NEAR CONROE. THE 

BAND HAS BEEN MOVING SLOWLY EAST BUT THE BAND OVER MONTGOMERY AND 

NORTHERN HARRIS HAS BEEN STATIONARY.  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 

INCHES WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS IN BRAZORIA AND GALVESTON 

COUNTIES WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR OVER NORTHERN HARRIS 

AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. 





ON BUFFALO BAYOU AT MEMORIAL AND SHEPARD APARTMENTS WERE FLOODED 

THROUGH THE FIRST FLOOR.



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN...IF YOU LIVE NEAR A 

BAYOU BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3052 9578 2970 9576 2933 9586 2893 9562

          2893 9529 2920 9495 2934 9484 2952 9490

          2963 9500 2969 9499 2970 9492 2982 9495

          3001 9506 3033 9517

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