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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1017 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH

MONDAY.



THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY AND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW

PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER SOUTH TEXAS THIS EVENING COUPLED

WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINING IN PLACE OVER SOUTHEAST

TEXAS WILL PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY

ON MONDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SHOULD BE COMMON WITH

ISOLATED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.



MOST OF THE REGION RECEIVED AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN TODAY WITH POCKETS

OF MUCH HEAVIER RAIN IN EASTERN HARRIS...WALLER...GRIMES AND EASTERN

WASHINGTON COUNTIES. LIBERTY AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES WERE ESPECIALLY

HARD HIT. THESE COUNTIES RECEIVED 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE

MIDNIGHT.



THE RAINFALL TODAY COMBINED WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE COAST

FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY HAS RESULTED IN SATURATED SOILS AND MANY

STREAMS RUNNING FULL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY

AND RESULT IN FLOODING.



THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL END TUESDAY AS DRIER AIR WORKS

IT WAY INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST.



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND AVOID DRIVING

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS

AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR LATER

STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

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