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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

525 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 PM CST



* AT 513 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  PIERCE...WHARTON...GANADO...EL CAMPO



RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN THE 

CITIES OF WHARTON AND EL CAMPO AND OVER NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS MERGING OVER JACKSON AND WHARTON COUNTIES MAY PRODUCE 

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL BY 815 PM.



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD



SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER 

SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.  AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE GROUND



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 2964 9618 2955 9607 2943 9606 2935 9599

          2926 9587 2916 9597 2897 9634 2868 9634

          2872 9664 2889 9673 2906 9693 2923 9671

          2925 9663 2938 9640 2952 9629

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