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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

120 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 115 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE BANDS OF HEAVY 

  RAINFALL MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS GALVESTON AND EASTERN HARRIS      

  COUNTIES. DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS...RAIN GAUGES FROM SOUTHEAST 

  HARRIS AND NORTHERN GALVESTON COUNTIES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 

  5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

  LEAGUE CITY...CLEAR LAKE...WEBSTER...AND LA PORTE. 



  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT FEW 

  HOURS WHICH WILL LEAD TO FLOODING.    



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  JOHNSON SPACE CENTER...ELLINGTON FIELD...WEBSTER...SHOREACRES...

  KEMAH...LEAGUE CITY...TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD



USE EXTRA CAUTION AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DEPTH

AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS.



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 2983 9497 2976 9495 2966 9496 2955 9498

          2949 9489 2940 9503 2936 9515 2950 9522

          2967 9521 2978 9523 2983 9509



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