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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

347 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...



AT 338 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING OVER THE EASTERN SIDE AND ISOLATED FLOODING ON THE WESTERN 

SIDE OF LEAGUE CITY.  ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THE 

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN LEAGUE CITY...



  THE NORTH BOUND FEEDER ROAD OF INTERSTATE 45 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 646 

  AND THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO THE INTERSTATE DUE TO DEBRIS AND HIGH 

  WATER...

  SEVENTH STREET AT LANDRUM DUE TO RAINFALL AND HIGH TIDE...

  LAWRENCE ROAD NEAR GALVESTON BAY HAD HIGH WATER FROM FM-518 TO 

  FM-2094.



THROUGH 5 AM...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.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND GENERATE HEAVY RAINFALL 

ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 59 CORRIDOR.  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 LAND 

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

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

FLOOD. 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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