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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

112 AM CDT FRI SEP 20 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN AUSTIN...FORT BEND 

AND WHARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...



FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN OR NEAR...EAST BERNARD... 

WALLIS...SIMONTON 



AT 105 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A BAND OF 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WHARTON TO MISSOURI CITY. THE BAND 

OF RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OF SOUTHERN AUSTIN AND NORTHERN WHARTON 

COUNTIES...HOWEVER BECAUSE THESE AREAS SAW 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE. 

THROUGH 230 AM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN AND 

EASTERN PORTIONS OF FORT BEND COUNTY WHERE AN INCH OF RAIN IS 

EXPECTED.     



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

OF FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT CROSS ACROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS

THE GROUND



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 2950 9626 2913 9613 2950 9552 2976 9587

          2969 9613

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