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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

814 PM CST THU FEB 20 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HOUSTON...MADISON...WALKER...

BRAZOS...GRIMES AND BURLESON COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CST...



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

NAVASOTA...CALDWELL...COLLEGE STATION...CROCKETT... 

MADISONVILLE...SOMERVILLE AND AUSTONIO



AT 814 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL IN A LINE FROM NEAR CLAY IN BURLESON COUNTY TO CROCKETT IN 

HOUSTON COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH 

THE EVENING...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 

NIGHT.



AT 814 PM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM HOUSTON COUNTY REPORTED UP TO 4 

FEET OF WATER COVERING PARTS OF EGG AND BUTTER ROAD.



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 3116 9593 3135 9559 3146 9511 3036 9599

          3041 9618 3030 9660 3053 9689



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