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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

830 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  COLORADO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 825 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

MOST OF COLORADO...JACKSON...AND WHARTON COUNTY AND MOVING INTO 

WESTERN MATAGORDA COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES WERE ESTIMATED AT ONE TO 

TWO INCHES PER HOUR.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE 

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

 

* WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND STREAMS IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH 1130 AM. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND 

SOME FARM TO MARKET ROADS WERE ALREADY FLOODED.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OVERNIGHT AVERAGED AROUND 5 INCHES WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OCCURRING IN 

AN AREA FROM MORALES AND GARWOOD EAST THROUGH BOLING. AN ADDITIONAL 

TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FROM THIS MORNINGS THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

QUICKLY POND OR RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND ADD TO THE FLOODING. 



DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS OR INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

PAST RAIN EVENTS SIMILAR TO THIS HAVE RESULTED IN FLOODING OF 

HUNDREDS OF VEHICLES.



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 2958 9611 2875 9572 2880 9660 2958 9655

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