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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

229 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...



A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTS OVER PORTIONS OF WALLER... 

WASHINGTON AND GRIMES COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL 

IN NORTHERN WALLER COUNTY WHERE HOURLY RAINFALL RATES CONTINUE NEAR 

AN INCH. SINCE 7 AM...12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN HEMPSTEAD.



HERE IS A SUMMARY OF ROAD CONDITIONS:



WASHINGTON COUNTY  A FEW COUNTY ROADS ARE WATER COVERED BUT ALL MAIN 

                   HIGHWAYS ARE OPEN AND PASSABLE.



GRIMES COUNTY  FM ROAD 362 AT BEASON CREEK IS CLOSED.



WALLER COUNTY  HIGHWAY 6 NORTH OF HEMPSTEAD IS CLOSED

               HIGHWAY 290 WEST OF HEMPSTEAD HAS 1 FOOT OF WATER     

               COVERING THE ROAD.

               FM 2979 BRIDGE IS CLOSED

               FM ROAD 362 NORTH OF HIGHWAY 1488 IS WATER COVERED    

               BUT PASSABLE.



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

PRAIRIE VIEW



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 3035 9598 3001 9598 3016 9629 3031 9645

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