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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON-GALVESTON TX

1127 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RE-ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1130 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED POCKETS OF MODERATE TO  

  HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA. RAINFALL RATES WILL BE       

  NEAR 2 INCHES AN HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY. THIS               

  ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING OVER THE           

  COUNTIES.         

 

* PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING ROADWAYS WERE REPORTED CLOSED AT THIS

  TIME. IN JACKSON COUNTY...COUNTY ROADS 283...125...112 AND 127.

  IN WHARTON COUNTY...FM 1301 AT THE MATAGORDA COUNTY LINE...

  COUNTY ROAD 215 AT WEST BERNARD CREEK...AND 164 AT TEAGUE. MANY

  OTHER ROADS HAD HIGH WATER ON THEM...BUT WERE STILL PASSABLE. 

  ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS OR INTO FLOOD WATERS. THE DEPTH 

MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.



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 2951 9613 2875 9564 2855 9653 2908 9684

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