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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1027 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WHARTON...JACKSON AND MATAGORDA 

COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 1025 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE BAND OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER THESE COUNTIES HAD WEAKENED. SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE 

TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION AND MOVE NORTHWEST. HOWEVER...HOURLY 

RAINFALL RATES ARE CURRENTLY ONLY AROUND A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION ACROSS THESE COUNTIES 

TONIGHT DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.     



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 2899 9615 2868 9612 2862 9629 2876 9638

          2915 9663 2928 9641



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