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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1150 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HARRIS AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES HAS 

EXPIRED...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 

FORT BEND...WHARTON...JACKSON...BRAZORIA...GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA 

COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...



AT 1143 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH 

HURRICANE CLAUDETTE CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS THIS MORNING HAVE AVERAGED 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 

TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN MATAGORDA AND 

BRAZORIA COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED 

THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.



FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR... 

RICHMOND...ROSENBERG...NEEDVILLE...WHARTON...EL CAMPO...BOLING...  

ALVIN...ANGLETON...LAKE JACKSON...ROSHARON...FREEPORT...LEAGUE   

CITY...SANTA FE...TEXAS CITY...GALVESTON...BAY CITY...MATAGORDA...  

VAN VLECK...EDNA...VANDERBILT.



FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE GROUND



OVER HARRIS AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES...RAINFALL HAS BECOME MORE 

SCATTERED IN NATURE WITH ONLY SPOTTY ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN 

INCH EXPECTED. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THESE AREAS 

HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SOME MINOR STREET OR FEEDER ROAD 

FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER CHAMBERS AND HARRIS COUNTIES BUT 

MAJOR FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED.



LAT...LON 2981 9580 3009 9584 3007 9550 3005 9513

          2986 9500 2987 9441 2955 9440 2893 9525

          2843 9625 2909 9696 2923 9660



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