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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

130 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS

THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT

PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FOR MOST OF THE MORNING HAD BY

1 PM MOVED EITHER OFF THE COAST OR TO THE SOUTH.  OTHER SHOWERS AND

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS MAINLY THE COASTAL

COUNTIES...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE

UNDER 1 INCH.



BETWEEN 5 AM AND 1 PM TODAY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS

WERE HEAVIER OVER THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD THAN THE SOUTHEASTERN TWO

THIRDS.  NORTH OF A LINE FROM EAGLE LAKE IN COLORADO COUNTY TO

LIVINGSTON IN POLK COUNTY HIGHEST RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS

WERE 4 TO 5 INCHES.  THESE OCCURRED GENERALLY IN AN AREA BETWEEN

SHERIDAN AND HUNTSVILLE...ANOTHER AREA BETWEEN TRINITY AND

PENNINGTON...AND STILL ANOTHER AREA BETWEEN CALDWELL AND BRYAN.  TO

THE SOUTHEAST OF THESE LOCATIONS AMOUNTS AVERAGED UNDER 1 INCH WITH

ONLY ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MAINLY THE COASTAL COUNTIES.



A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT AND

MONDAY.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF

THIS FRONT...BUT A DECREASE IN THE RAINFALL ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AS

DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT FILTERS INTO THE REGION.

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