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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

549 AM CST WED DEC 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN HARRIS...BRAZORIA 

AND GALVESTON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CST...AND CHAMBERS COUNTY UNTIL 

745 AM.



AT 550 AM...STORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM ANGLETON TO 

LEAGUE CITY TO ANAHUAC ARE COLLIDING INTO STORMS THAT HAVE BEEN 

TRAINING ACROSS THE COAST THE PAST COUPLE HOURS. THIS HAS CAUSED 

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS RECEIVED OVER 4.5 

INCHES OF RAIN THE PAST FEW HOURS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING. THIS 

LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH TOWARD THE COAST DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 

2 HOURS AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME SERIOUS STREET FLOODING...WITH 

THE POSSIBILITY OF WATER MAKING IT INTO ANY LOW LYING STRUCTURES.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADS



COASTAL LOCATIONS FROM FREEPORT TO THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA ARE AT RISK 

TO SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING TO NEXT FEW HOURS...INCLUDING LAKE 

JACKSON...FREEPORT...TEXAS CITY...SAN LUIS PASS AND GALVESTON. 



WARNINGS FOR BRAZORIA AND GALVESTON COUNTIES MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED 

WITHIN THE HOUR.



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 2985 9462 2945 9444 2883 9545 2906 9576

          2977 9518

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