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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

320 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2002



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

GALVESTON COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...



FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN OR NEAR ALVIN...LEAGUE CITY AND 

GALVESTON.



HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF BRAZORIA AND GALVESTON 

COUNTIES. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM ALVIN TO 

LEAGUE CITY. SEAWOLF PARK HAS RECEIVED 13.9 INCHES...GALVESTON HAS 

RECEIVED 10.85 INCHES OF RAIN...9.2 INCHES IN LA MARQUE AND ALVIN HAS 

RECEIVED 7 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. 



SOME ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDE HARBORSIDE DRIVE IN GALVESTON...HIGHWAY 3 

AT FM 517. FEEDER ROADS ALONG I-45 ARE ALSO FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE 

IN SPOTS.



IN ALVIN...MANY SIDE STREETS ARE FLOODED. SOUTH STREET IS FLOODED 

AND BARRICADES ARE CURRENTLY BEING IMPLEMENTED. BRAZORIA COUNTY 

SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THE BRIDGE OVER CEDAR CREEK ON COUNTY ROAD 522 

IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE ALSO REPORTED THAT 

FM 2403 IS CLOSED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 35 AND FM 2917.



MANY SIDE STREETS IN TEXAS CITY ARE ALSO FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. FM 

1764 AND FM 1765 ARE ALSO FLOODED.



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 2923 9568 2910 9551 2931 9505 2942 9526

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