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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1100 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 2002



THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1050 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS   

  ACROSS WHARTON COUNTY THAT HAS SLOWLY WEAKENED. RAINFALL RATES OF  

  AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  HUNGERFORD...SPANISH CAMP...AND EGYPT



WHARTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT BARRICADES WERE 

BEING SET UP ON SOME STREETS IN HUNGERFORD DUE TO FLOODED ROADS AND 

WOULD LIKELY REMAIN UP OVERNIGHT. CREEKS IN MAINLY THE CENTRAL 

PORTIONS OF WHARTON COUNTY FROM THE EGYPT AREA TO HUNGERFORD MAY 

RISE OUT OF BANKS AND PERSONS NEAR THE WATER SHOULD BE PREPARED TO 

MOVE TO SAFETY.  



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER FLOWS OVER THE ROAD YOU COULD 

ENDANGER YOUR LIFE OR THOSE OF THE SAFETY AND RESCUE RESPONDERS



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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