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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

345 AM CDT THU AUG 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  SOUTHERN GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 335 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

CONTINUING TO TRAIN EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN BRAZORIA AND 

GALVESTON COUNTIES. MOST OF THE AREA HAS PROBABLY SEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES 

SINCE 230 AM AND ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. AN OBSERVER AT 

JAMAICA BEACH REPORTED 1.4 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES. RATES LIKE 

THAT WILL NOT BE UNCOMMON IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND WILL LEAD TO 

FLASH FLOODING.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  FREEPORT...GALVESTON ISLAND...SAN LUIS PASS...TIKI ISLAND...TEXAS 

CITY...SANTA FE...ANGLETON...LAKE JACKSON



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD

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

AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS.



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 2957 9483 2948 9474 2951 9439 2881 9537

          2909 9562

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