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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1257 AM CST SUN NOV 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 400 AM CST



* AT 1256 AM CST...RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 6 INCHES HAS ACROSS THE 

WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. A VERY SLOW MOVING CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVES INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY NEAR LOUISE AND DRIFT EAST AT AROUND 5 MPH. TRAINING OF 

STORMS INTO THIS COMPLEX WILL PRODUCE VERY INTENSE RAINFALL. 

ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES IS LIKELY THE COUNTY EMERGENCY 

MANAGER HAS REPORTED THAT FM 102 ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF FM 2614 WAS 

FLOODED.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

 LOUISE...EL CAMPO...HILLJE AND PIERCE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND 

ADJACENT TO CREEKS AND BAYOUS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 

ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON...STREETS...FRONTAGE ROADS...AND

HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND



SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER

SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. 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.



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 2922 9592 2919 9592 2911 9606 2898 9632

      2923 9664 2938 9640 2943 9634 2949 9632

      2958 9620 2958 9617



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