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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

640 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 635 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EDNA IN JACKSON COUNTY EASTWARD ALONG AND 

SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 59 TO WHARTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR 

WERE INDICATED BY RADAR.  RADAR ALSO INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN IN THE SAME AREA SINCE 3 AM.  AN ADDITION ONE OR TWO 

INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BY 830 AM.



* FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND STREAMS IS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHEAST 

PORTION OF JACKSON COUNTY...WHARTON COUNTY ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. 

59...AND NORTHWEST MATAGORDA COUNTY MAINLY WEST OF THE COLORADO 

RIVER AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 35.

  

SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER 

SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. AVOID LOCATIONS 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.



LAT...LON 2922 9611 2883 9611 2883 9655 2922 9655

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