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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

310 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2003



...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED...



THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT BEND...GALVESTON...

HARRIS...JACKSON...MATAGORDA...WALLER...AND WHARTON COUNTIES.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY

EVENING IN ASSOCIATION WITH LINGERING MOISTURE IN THE WAKE OF

TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH

AROUND SUNSET. HEAVY RAINS FELL TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF FORT

BEND...WHARTON...MATAGORDA...AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES WHERE AMOUNTS OF 2

TO 4 INCHES WERE COMMON. HOWEVER...FEW FLOODING PROBLEMS WERE

REPORTED. SPOTTY AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS

EVENING...BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION.



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