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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

855 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WHARTON COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM

CDT...



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN OR NEAR... 

HUNGERFORD...WHARTON...EGYPT.



AT 852 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH A STATIONARY CLUSTER OF STORMS IN THE 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 10 TO 

12 INCHES HAS FALLEN NEAR HUNGERFORD. A LARGE SWATH OF RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF 6 TO 10 INCHES STRETCHED FROM NEAR EGYPT TO HUNGERFORD 

TO THE SAN BERNARD RIVER. MOST OF THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

BERNARD CREEK AND PEACH CREEK WATERSHEDS...THESE MAY SWELL OUT OF 

BANKS.



USE EXTRA CAUTION AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS

OF FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT CROSS ACROSS ANY LOCATION 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 2956 9610 2923 9591 2913 9643 2941 9640

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