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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

201 AM CST TUE NOV 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 500 AM CST



* AT 155 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

  OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND 

  SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BAYTOWN TO LEAGUE CITY TO ANGLETON.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BACLIFF...BAY CITY...DICKINSON... 

  FRIENDSWOOD...KEMAH...LEAGUE CITY...PALACIOS...SEABROOK... 

  SWEENY...WEBSTER...WEST COLUMBIA...ROSHARON...AND WALLISVILLE.



BETWEEN 145 AM AND 200 AM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN LEAGUE CITY.  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE 

RAINFALL WERE BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL 

SINCE 7 PM HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS WITH SOME 

LOCATIONS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 4 INCHES.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 

TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY 5 AM CST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND

ADJACENT TO SMALL CREEKS AND BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY...FRONTAGE ROADS...

HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES...FARM-TO-MARKET...AND OTHER SECONDARY ROADS MAY 

FLOOD. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DEPTH AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING

IS OBSERVED. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS

TO RISE.



AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS 

AFTERNOON. 



PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...

OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2987 9485 2988 9439 2955 9439 2949 9467

      2888 9537 2839 9638 2841 9640 2862 9599

      2856 9623 2869 9622 2864 9632 2872 9642

      2873 9665 2908 9694 2933 9648 2962 9605

      2981 9583 3009 9567 3017 9556 3009 9542

      3002 9528 3018 9509 3000 9509 2987 9501



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