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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

820 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 815 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS FORT BEND...BRAZORIA...GALVESTON...AND 

  SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTIES.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  ALDINE...ALVIN...ANGLETON...BACLIFF...FRIENDSWOOD...PEARLAND...

  CLEAR LAKE CITY...PASADENA...SANTA FE...LEAGUE CITY



SINCE 500 PM THE HARRIS COUNTY RAINFALL NETWORK REPORTED BETWEEN 1 

1/2 AND 3 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 45 IN 

SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS AND NORTHWESTERN GALVESTON COUNTIES. AT 815 PM 

RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE 

FOUR COUNTY AREA.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR IN AN AREA 

BETWEEN ROSHARON AND ANGLETON EAST TO BETWEEN PASADENA AND TEXAS 

CITY.



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION ACT NOW TO PROTECT 

YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF 

AUTHORITIES ASK YOU TO EVACUATE.



MANY ROADS IN THE HOUSTON METRO AREA ARE DESIGNED AS FLOODWAYS. THIS 

MEANS THE WATER WILL FLOOD THE STREET TO SOME DEPTH...BUT HOMES MAY 

STAY DRY. UNLESS WATER BEGINS TO ENTER YOUR HOME AND CONTINUES TO 

RISE RAPIDLY...STAY IN YOUR HOME...ITS THE SAFEST PLACE. IN 

ADDITION...TURN OFF THE OUTSIDE CIRCUIT BREAKER IF FLOOD WATERS 

ENTER YOUR HOME.



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD IT ONLY TAKES

A FOOT OR TWO OF RUNNING WATER TO SWEEP AWAY MOST VEHICLES. MOST OF

VICTIMS FROM TROPICAL STORM ALLISON DROWNED WHEN THEIR CARS STALLED 

OR WERE SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS.



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 3013 9511 3004 9526 3012 9555 3007 9584

          2981 9584 2948 9603 2887 9557 2895 9533

          2903 9521 2920 9515 2931 9492 2953 9501

          2980 9497

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