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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

642 AM CDT THU AUG 15 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BRAZORIA AND GALVESTON

COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN COUNTIES ACROSS 

GALVESTON AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES HAVE FALLEN TO 1 TO 

1.5 INCHES PER HOUR...BUT STILL ENOUGH TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUNDS AND FLOODED STREETS. WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING 

CONTINUES IN GALVESTON...UP TO 3 FEET DEEP AT SOME LOCATIONS. IN 

ADDITION...THE ANGLETON AND LAKE JACKSON AREAS ARE ALSO REPORTING 

STREET FLOODING THIS MORNING.



PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING. NEVER...UNDER ANY 

CIRCUMSTANCES...DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADS.  



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 2958 9495 2946 9448 2934 9436 2882 9551

          2930 9563

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