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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

600 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RE-ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 600 PM CDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING ACROSS PARTS

  OF CHAMBERS COUNTY...THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA AND GALVESTON ISLAND. 

  RAINFALL FURTHER INLAND HAD BECOME LIGHTER...AND MUCH OF HARRIS 

  COUNTY EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST WAS RAIN FREE. HOWEVER...

  SEVERE FLOODING WAS STILL ONGOING. WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE

  UNLESS HEAVY RAIN REDEVELOPS. GAGE READINGS ON THE BAYOUS IN 

  HARRIS COUNTY ARE BEGINNING TO FALL...BUT ARE STILL WELL ABOVE     

  FLOOD STAGE. 

 

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN OR NEAR...

  HARRIS COUNTY...GALVESTON COUNTY...CHAMBERS COUNTY. 



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD THE DEPTH AND 

WATER VELOCITY COULD BE TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST 

CHAMBERS COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST GALVESTON COUNTY.

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