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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

641 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LIBERTY COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM

CDT...



FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN OR NEAR DAYTON... 

LIBERTY...AND PLUM GROVE.



AT 630 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 

OVER MOST OF CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MAINLY ALONG 

AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DAYTON TO DAISETTA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY 830 PM.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEM.



AT 630 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING FROM LUCE BAYOU OVER 

HIGHWAY 321 BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND DAYTON.  THE EMERGENCY MANAGER IN 

LIBERTY ALSO REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF DAYTON.  FM 

1008 WAS FLOODED JUST NORTH OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN KENEFICK.  

JUST OFF COUNTY ROAD 647...NORTH OF DAYTON IN WEST WOODLAND HILLS... 

OLD CLEVELAND HIGHWAY WAS FLOODED.  FLOODING HAD CLOSED A PORTION OF 

HIGHWAY 90 IN LIBERTY.  ALSO...THE UNDERPASS IN DAYTON ON HIGHWAY 

321 JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90 HAS BEEN CLOSED.



THIS STORM IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS... 

BAYOUS...AND ADJACENT FARMLAND.  FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER SECONDARY 

ROADS MAY BE FLOODED.  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 3049 9474 3012 9461 3011 9446 2990 9446

          2990 9499 3033 9515

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