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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1015 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GALVESTON AND HARRIS COUNTIES

UNTIL MIDNIGHT...



AT 1015 PM...A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING IN AN AREA 

FROM JUST WEST OF SEABROOK IN SOUTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY TO LEAGUE 

CITY...DICKINSON...SAN LEON...BACLIFF...TEXAS CITY AND THE EAST END 

OF GALVESTON ISLAND. THIS ACTIVITY WAS DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST- 

NORTHWEST. 



EXPECT HEAVY RAIN TO ONCE AGAIN AFFECT THE CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED. 

THE CLEAR CREEK GAGE AT FM 528 WAS AT 20.1 FEET AND WAS FALLING 

SLOWLY AT PRESENT. FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET. IT COULD BEGIN TO RISE 

AGAIN AS HEAVY RAIN MOVES WEST-NORTHWEST OVER THE BASIN. 



PEOPLE ACROSS HARRIS COUNTY AND GALVESTON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR 

AREAS OF HIGH WATER OVERNIGHT THAT CONTINUE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN 

EARLIER TODAY. LEVELS MAY BEGIN TO RISE AGAIN BY MIDNIGHT OVER SOUTHERN 

HARRIS COUNTY AND GALVESTON COUNTY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO FLOOD 

WATERS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. 

 

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