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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1152 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  EASTERN GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1152 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW BANDS OF SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INLAND OFF THE GULF. RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN AN AREA 

ENCOMPASSED BY CRYSTAL BEACH...ANAHUAC...WINNIE AND HIGH ISLAND. NO 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF 1150 AM...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL 

TRAINING STORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES PER 

HOUR WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AS THE GROUND IN THIS AREA 

IS SATURATED.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  CRYSTAL BEACH...GILCHRIST...HIGH ISLAND...WINNIE...                

  STOWELL...ANAHUAC...OAK ISLAND.



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD



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 2988 9436 2951 9430 2933 9471 2988 9479



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