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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

850 PM CDT FRI SEP 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT



* AT 845 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A   

  STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING ONSHORE BETWEEN   

  GALVESTON AND SARGENT. EXPECT RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES     

  AN HOUR. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL COUPLED WITH HIGH TIDES WILL          

  CREATE FLASH FLOODING. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH CAN 

  ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS CLUSTER.     



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  TIKI ISLAND...HITCHCOCK...GALVESTON...BAYOU VISTA...JAMAICA BEACH



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD



USE EXTRA CAUTION AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DEPTH

AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS.



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 9470 2910 9502 2912 9513 2922 9506

          2933 9502 2944 9493

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