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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

105 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 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 700 AM CDT



* AT 1255 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  MISSOURI CITY...THOMPSONS...PEARLAND... ALVIN...MANVEL...

  ROSHARON... FRIENDSWOOD...SANTA FE...CLEAR LAKE CITY...

  LEAGUE CITY...PASADENA...KEMAH...TEXAS CITY...GALVESTON...

  BACLIFF... LA MARQUE...DICKINSON



SINCE 500 PM THE HARRIS COUNTY RAINFALL NETWORK REPORTED BETWEEN 2 

AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 45 IN SOUTHEASTERN 

HARRIS AND NORTHWESTERN GALVESTON COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

SIMILAR AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHERN BRAZORIA AND FORT BEND COUNTIES. AT 

1255 AM RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING ACROSS THE FOUR COUNTY AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR 

IN AN AREA BETWEEN A LINE FROM BAY CITY TO MISSOURI CITY EAST.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT A NUMBER 

OF ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER...INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAY 59 AT

FM 2218 AND FM 762.



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 MAIN CIRCUIT BREAKER IF FLOOD WATERS ENTER 

YOUR HOME TO PREVENT ELECTROCUTION.



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 2984 9498 2961 9503 2933 9476 2885 9551

          2932 9590 2957 9605 2986 9582

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