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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

400 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...



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

LEAGUE CITY...BAYTOWN...PALACIOS...BLESSING...SWEENY...WHARTON... 

NEEDVILLE...AND MISSOURI CITY.



AT 355 AM CST...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ALONG AND EAST 

OF A LINE FROM DOWNTOWN HOUSTON TO PALACIOS.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 

WAS OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN MATAGORDA COUNTY BETWEEN BLESSING... 

PALACIOS...AND MATAGORDA WHERE UP TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED TO 

HAVE FALLEN BY RADAR SINCE 3 AM CST.  OTHER AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL 

WAS AFFECTING LOCATIONS BETWEEN MONT BELVIEU... ANAHUAC...AND 

HANKAMER...AND ACROSS AREAS BETWEEN MISSOURI CITY AND SWEENY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE 

LOCATIONS BETWEEN 400 AM AND 500 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. 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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