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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON-GALVESTON TX

939 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



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

HARRIS...BRAZORIA AND FORT BEND COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...



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

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

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



AT 927 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN GALVESTON AND SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTIES.  

MODERATE RAINFALL ALSO CONTINUES OVER HARRIS AND FORT BEND COUNTIES.



TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED HIGH WATER ON THE INTERSTATE 45 FEEDER 

ROADS BETWEEN CLEAR LAKE CITY AND NASA ROAD ONE IN EXTREME 

SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY.



IN BRAZORIA COUNTY...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE CITY 

OF ALVIN AND NEAR THE HIGHWAY 35 BYPASS.  IN GALVESTON COUNTY...HIGH 

WATER WAS REPORTED ON FM 518 AND ON HIGHWAY 3 IN LEAGUE CITY. THERE 

IS ALSO HIGH WATER IN TEXAS CITY ON PALMER HIGHWAY AT 29TH STREET 

AND STADIUM.



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.



USE EXTRA CAUTION AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS

OF FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT CROSS ACROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS

THE GROUND



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...OR

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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