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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

711 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WHARTON AND JACKSON COUNTIES

UNTIL 815 PM CST...



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

BOLING-IAGO...EDNA...EL CAMPO...GANADO...WHARTON...AND PIERCE



AT 705 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS 

OCCURRING OVER EASTERN WHARTON COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 59 NORTHEAST OF 

WHARTON.  THE RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED OVER MOST OF JACKSON COUNTY 

AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF WHARTON COUNTY.



THE WHARTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED AT 645 PM THAT THE 

HIGHWAY 59 EXIT AT EL CAMPO HAD HIGH WATER BUT WAS PASSABLE.  A FEW 

CITY STREETS IN THE CITY OF WHARTON ALSO HAD HIGH WATER.



FLASH FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS... 

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

ROADS MAY BE FLOODED.  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 OR ROADWAY



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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