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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

750 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 745 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF 

BRAZORIA AND GALVESTON COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM TODAYS HEAVY RAINS WILL 

CONTINUE TO KEEP STREAMS AND CREEKS NEAR BANKFULL. PERSONS WHO LIVE 

NEAR WATERSHEDS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATER IF HEAVY RAIN 

REDEVELOPS LATER TONIGHT.  



IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INDICATE THAT MANY 

ROADS THROUGH THESE COUNTIES REMAIN WATER COVERED. MOTORISTS SHOULD 

REMAIN ALERT FOR HIGH WATER IF DRIVING TONIGHT. MOST FLOODING 

DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT WHEN DRIVERS MISJUDGE THE DEPTH OF WATER 

COVERING A ROAD. 



SOME RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THESE COUNTIES



ALVIN          7.00 INCHES

SEAWOLF PARK  13.90 INCHES  

LA MARQUE      9.70 INCHES

GALVESTON     11.32 INCHES

 

DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD



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 2936 9485 2923 9481 2911 9550 2929 9549

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