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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

842 AM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...HARRIS...AND

GALVESTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...



AT 835 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN

FALLING FROM SHELBY TO SOUTH HOUSTON TO LEAGUE CITY. ADDITIONAL

STORMS EXTENDED NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS LINE COVERING MOST OF

HARRIS COUNTY AND WERE BEGINNING TO FILL INTO NORTHERN BRAZORIA

COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...AND THIS MOTION

WAS ALLOWING HEAVY RAINS TO TRAIN ACROSS AREAS ALREADY RECEIVING HEAVY

RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES ARE AVERAGING 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE

STRONGER STORMS. TRAINING MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4

INCHES IN ISOLATED SPOTS BY 1030 AM.



THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME MINOR FLOODING OF

NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE SPOTS. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE AREA ARE URGED TO

MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE

ISSUED IF HEAVY RAINS PERSIST.



MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS

THE ROAD



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...OR

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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