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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1144 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 145 PM CDT



* AT 1139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN 

NORTHERN BRAZORIA AND GALVESTON COUNTIES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING AND ROADWAYS 

IN FRIENDSWOOD AND PEARLAND WERE FILLING WITH WATER. EXPECT RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS TOTALLING 2 TO 4 INCHES BY 1 PM.



* FLOODING OF FEEDER ROADS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS 

WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF GALVESTON AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES. THE MAJOR 

BAYOUS AND CREEKS SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN BANKS GIVEN THE EXPECTED 

AMOUNT OF RAINFALL.



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO

IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY

STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.



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 2925 9573 2900 9554 2928 9495 2947 9497

          2948 9506 2952 9536



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