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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

934 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF

INTERSTATE 10 HAS EXPIRED...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...

AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...BRAZOS...BURLESON...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT

BEND...GALVESTON...GRIMES...HARRIS...HOUSTON...JACKSON...LIBERTY...

MADISON...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY...

WALKER...WALLER...WASHINGTON...AND WHARTON.



THUNDERSTORMS MOVED QUICKLY SOUTHEAST TEXAS EARLIER THIS MORNING AND

PRODUCED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5.  HIGHER AMOUNTS OF

2 TO 2.5 INCHES FELL GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM

BELLVILLE TO TOMBALL TO LIBERTY.



SHOWERS BEHIND THE INITIAL LINE OF STORMS WERE DECREASING IN AREAL

COVERAGE AT 915 AM.  THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN KATY

AND PALACIOS AND WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR...BUT WERE

DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY.



THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING HAVE HELPED STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE

ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.  HOWEVER...SUNSHINE LATER TODAY MAY ALLOW

THUNDERSTORMS TO AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.  SINCE UPPER LEVEL

WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVERS...WHICH COULD PRODUCE

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTALS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2

INCHES AND ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.  BECAUSE OF THE

RAINFALL FROM THIS MORNING COUPLED WITH EARLIER RAINFALL AND FLOODING

FROM TROPICAL STORM ALLISON OF THIS PAST WEEK...THESE ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY CAUSE RUNOFF THAT WILL QUICKLY FLOOD

STREETS.



REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.  NUMEROUS MOTOR VEHICLES

WERE FLOODED OUT DURING THE LAST WEEK...DRIVING ACROSS ROADWAYS

COVERED WITH DEEP WATER COULD RISK NOT ONLY YOUR VEHICLE BUT ALSO YOUR

LIFE



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST

FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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