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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

330 AM CDT SAT JUL 31 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRIMES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 322 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

  THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF GRIMES COUNTY HAS 

  DIMINISHED.  HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL UP TO 7.5 INCHES FELL

  ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM IOLA TO ROANS PRAIRIE SINCE 11 PM.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  ROANS PRAIRIE...IOLA...CARLOS...BEDIAS



THE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT WATER WAS OVER THE ROADWAY 

AT 200 AM ON FM 244 BETWEEN ANDERSON AND IOLA.



DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD -- TURN AROUND...

DONT DROWN



SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER SECONDARY 

ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.  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 3078 9586 3062 9586 3055 9594 3060 9616

      3060 9616 3063 9618 3065 9616 3083 9616

      3085 9588



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