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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1147 AM CDT THU AUG 15 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GRIMES...WASHINGTON AND WALLER

COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ARE CONTINUING OVER 

SOUTHERN GRIMES...NORTHERN WALLER AND PARTS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 

THIS HOUR. RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT AS MUCH AS 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER NORTHERN WALLER COUNTY. 



THE WALLER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS WITH HIGH WATER ON

THEM. THESE INCLUDE HIGHWAY 290 WEST OF HEMPSTEAD...FM 1736 IN A FEW

SPOTS...MATHIS ROAD...FIELDSTONE AT KANABEL...AND FM 2979 AT WALLER

GLASH.  



IN WASHINGTON COUNTY...RESCUE OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY ON A SUBMERGED

VEHICLE IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE 

HIGH WATER ON THEM. 



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 3037 9586 3002 9592 3010 9626 3030 9630

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