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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1228 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHAMBERS AND EASTERN GALVESTON

COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...



AT 1228 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL MOVING ONSHORE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH RAINFALL RATES 

NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW A SWATH OF 6 TO 12 INCH 

RAINFALL FROM WINNIE TO OAK ISLAND TO CRYSTAL BEACH. WITH CONTINUED 

TRAINING HEAVY RAINS...THIS IS BECOMING A DANGEROUS SITUATION.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SHERIFF REPORTS INDICATE HIGHWAY 87 IS 

CLOSED BETWEEN MEAKOMS PIER AND PELICAN PIER ON THE BOLIVAR 

PENINSULA DUE TO IMPASSABLE ROADS. ADDITIONAL ROADS THAT ARE 

IMPASSABLE INCLUDE: BUTTERFIELD...WEBER AND DEIGEL.   



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 9428 2950 9427 2933 9470 2988 9471



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