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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

355 AM CDT THU JUN 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT



* AT 354 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL REPEATEDLY MOVING ACROSS 

WHARTON COUNTY. OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

LIKELY FALLEN. THIS RAIN ON TOP OF SATURATED GROUND FROM HEAVY RAIN 

EARLIER ON WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS AND 

ROADWAYS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING SOUTHWEST OF THE COUNTY 

AND WILL LIKELY TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS GETTING FLOODED NOW.  

EXPECT ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN BY 630 AM THIS MORNING.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG MOST COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER 

CROSSING ON AREA FARM TO MARKET ROADS AND STATE HIGHWAYS. ALSO MOST 

SMALL STREAMS WILL RISE OUT OF BANKS.  



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN. 



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

AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS.



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 2955 9611 2923 9593 2898 9632 2925 9661



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