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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

215 AM CST TUE NOV 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR MATAGORDA... 

GALVESTON...BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...JACKSON...WHARTON...FORT BEND... 

AND HARRIS COUNTIES...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN LEAGUE 

CITY BETWEEN 145 AM AND 200 AM CST.  HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED AT THE 

INTERSECTION OF EAST MAIN AND IOWA AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF 

CRESCENT BAY AND CRYSTAL REEF.  HIGH WATER WAS CAUSING THE STREETS 

TO BE NEARLY IMPASSABLE IN THE MEADOWBEND SUBDIVISION ON FM-518 AND 

AT SOUTH SHORE BLVD AT SOUTH LAGUNA POINT.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF 

STREETS...FRONTAGE ROADS...AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AVOID LOCATIONS 

WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND



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.



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.



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 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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