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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

528 PM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  EASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 521 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS AS A SURFACE BOUNDARY PARKED OVER 

THE AREA PROVIDES A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. WITHIN THE PAST 3 

HOURS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 

BRAZORIA...HARRIS...GALVESTON COUNTY LINE. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED ACROSS THE REGION AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE 

HOURS WHEN RAINFALL RATES DIMINISH. THE PEARLAND AREA HAS BEEN 

PARTICULARLY HARD HIT...WITH NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  LEAGUE CITY...CLEAR LAKE...PEARLAND...JOHNSON SPACE CENTER...HOBBY 

AIRPORT...ELLINGTON FIELD...WEBSTER



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.

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