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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

755 PM CST WED NOV 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CST



* AT 750 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A BAND 

  OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS 

  NORTHERN LIBERTY AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES.

  LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT MANY ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE 

  IN AND NEAR CLEVELAND. FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED 

  ON HIGHWAY 350 NEAR MOSCOW IN POLK COUNTY. 



  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF DURING THE NEXT HOUR

  FLOODING OF ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 

  THAT BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON 

  AND EVENING BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND CORRIGAN.       



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  CLEVELAND...MOSCOW...LIVINGSTON 



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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 3015 9502 3022 9476 3053 9460 3078 9465

      3101 9477 3076 9505 3051 9480 3035 9508



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