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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1116 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AUSTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 1112 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

  OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN AUSTIN COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 

  FORT BEND AND WHARTON COUNTIES.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  PIERCE...WHARTON...WALLIS...SIMONTON



RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 3.5 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING OVER 

THESE LOCATIONS AT 1115 PM.  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER AN AREA BETWEEN EGYPT...WALLIS...AND 

FULSHEAR THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE BY 1 AM.



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 2979 9583 2968 9563 2920 9622 2935 9640

          2968 9616 2975 9595

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